horse-ridern.
One who rides a horse; a professional performer on horseback; a circus-rider.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun]
styera1340
upstyerc1340
prickera1350
chevalier1377
sittera1382
ridera1400
horsemanc1400
horse-rider1580
cavalier1596
equestrian1791
bestrider1830
Macadamite1860
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > performer
horse-rider1580
strongman1701
hippodromist1840
desultor1880
Auguste1900
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > performer > specific
strongwoman1753
high-rider1771
horse-rider1854
geek1919
1580 J. Lyly Euphues (new ed.) To Rdrs. sig. ¶iij The cholaricke Horse-rider, who..not daring to kill the Horse, went into the stable to cutte the saddle.
1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. v. 31 The horse-riders are famous for never minding what they say.
Derivatives
ˈhorse-ˌriding n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun]
roadeOE
ridinga1325
horse-ridingc1610
bull riding1835
horseback1878
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective]
yhorsedc893
ridingOE
chevausende1430
horsed1488
mounted1583
horsinga1627
equestrian1711
equitant1840
bestriding1849
horse-riding1854
macadamizing1869
c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 317 His Pastimes of Hunting, Hawking and Horse-riding.
1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. iii. 14 The clashing and banging band attached to the horse-riding establishment... A flag..proclaimed..that it was ‘Sleary's Horse-riding’.
1885 J. S. Stallybrass tr. V. Hehn Wanderings Plants & Animals 48 Those north-eastern branches..as far as the light of history reaches, are..found a horse-riding race.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
n.1580