light horsemann.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪt ˌhɔːsmən/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪt ˌhɔrsmən/

Inflections: Plural light horsemen.

Forms: See light adj.¹ and n.² and horseman n. Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, horseman n.

Etymology: < light adj.¹ + horseman n. Compare earlier light horse n. 2a.

a. A lightly armed cavalry soldier. Now historical.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed

hobblerc1308

prickera1350

genetorc1440

stradiotc1515

light horse1524

hussar1532

light horseman1544

demi-lancer1552

demi-lancea1556

estradiot1577

argoletier1579

argoletc1580

Cossack1587

jennet1676

hobbler-archer1786

1544 A. Cope Hist. Anniball & Scipio lii. f. 98^v The consull, hearynge noo noyse in the tentes of his ennemyes, sent two light horsmen to viewe theyr campe.

1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion sig. I.vi The light horsemen who so hardly persued the tayle of his bande, that they slewe many, hurte more, and toke moost of them.

1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 5 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 226 A light-horseman..was discovered near the bridge on the American side.

2003 Eng. Hist. Rev. 118 1264 The cavalry..was composed of demilancers, lighthorsemen and petronels who differed in their armour and arms... Demilancers and lighthorsemen were fully or partially armoured and armed with a lance or sword.

b. Among the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muskogee, and Seminole people: a mounted law enforcement officer. Now historical.

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1821 A. R. Gambold Jrnl. 24 Aug. in United Brethren's Missionary Intelligencer (1823) 1 347 A captain of the Cherokee light horsemen.

1821 in Laws of Cherokee Nation (1826) 20 If any person or persons whatsoever, shall resist and kill any of the marshals or light-horsemen in their official duties, it shall be the duty of the marshals to lead the light-horse to apprehend, or kill the person or persons so transgressing.

1893 North Missourian 13 Oct. 7/2 Ponaska..understood that the light horseman, in the discharge of his duty, had made application for a writ for him for horse stealing.

2013 G. Peoples-Elam Amer. Heritage Story 388 The Light Horsemen had the authority to arrest, try, and punish violators of tribal law.

2. A light boat. Now historical.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > vessels propelled by oars and sails > gig

light horseman1589

gig1790

1589 R. Lane in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 741 Which word was not so soone spoken by him, and the light horseman ready to put to shoare, but there lighted a vollie of their arrowes amongst them in the boate.

1600 J. Jane in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 843 His long boat and light-horseman were lost at sea.

a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 220 Leaving a Light-horseman to be taken up for their baggage at Gravesend.

1730 Constit. Company of Watermen & Lightermen 68 Deputation to a Master of a Row-Barge, Light Horseman or Tilt-Boat.

1986 J. L. Humber Backgrounds & Prepar. for Roanoke Voy., 1584–90 iii. 37 On this journey it is known that a light horseman was taken, along with the double-oared wherry.

†3. A variety of pouter pigeon; cf. horseman n. 3. More fully light horseman pigeon. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types

porcelainc1530

turn-pate1611

light horseman1661

runt1661

smiter1668

helmet1676

mammet1678

Cortbeck1688

turbit1688

turner1688

dragoon1725

finicking1725

Leghorn1725

nun1725

owl1725

petit1725

trumpeter1725

horseman1735

Mahomet1735

barbel1736

turn-tail1736

frill-back1765

blue rock1825

beard1826

ice pigeon1829

toy1831

black1839

skinnum1839

splash1851

whole-feather1851

spangle1854

swallow1854

shield1855

stork pigeon1855

Swabian1855

yellow1855

archangel1867

dragon1867

starling1867

magpie1868

smerle1869

bluette1870

cumulet1876

oriental1876

spot fairy1876

turbiteen1876

blondinette1879

hyacinth1879

Modena pigeon1879

silver-dun1879

silverette1879

silver-mealy1879

swift pigeon1879

Victoria1879

visor1879

ice1881

swallow pigeon1881

velvet fairy1881

priesta1889

frill1890

1661 W. Ramesey Ὁ Ἄνθρωπος κατ' Ἐξοχήλ 54 They are indeed but Bastards, and begotten between a Barbary & a Runt & so those some term Light Horse Men, they spring from a Carryer & a Runt.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. 182 Light-horsemen. This is a bastard kind, of one Parent a Cropper, the other a Carrier.

1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 614 Light Horseman Pigeon... These..are said to be excellent breeders; and never to forsake the place where bred.

†4.

a. Australian. An Australian marine fish, perhaps the Australasian snapper, Pagrus auratus, or the sea sweep, Scorpis aequipennis. Obsolete.

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1789 W. Tench Narr. Exped. Botany Bay xv. 129 A species of grouper, to which, from the form of a bone in the head resembling a helmet, we have given the name of light horseman.

1793 W. Tench Compl. Acct. Settlem. Port Jackson xvii. 176 At the top of the list [of fish], as an article of food, stands a fish, which we named light-horseman.

1798 D. Collins Acct. Eng. Colony New S. Wales I. viii. 86 A boat belonging to the Sirius caught seven-and-forty of the large fish which obtained among us the appellation of Light Horse Men.

b. In full light horseman fish. A spadefish (family Ephippidae). Obsolete.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Ephippidae (spade-fishes) > member of

light horseman1827

batfish1851

sea-bat1880

angelfish1888

1827 G. Mantell Illustr. Geol. Sussex 58 Teeth of a hemispherical form;... In the Light-horseman fish, a similar dentature is observable.

1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 174 The median crest is developed to an extreme height in some fishes, as, e.g. the dolphin and light-horseman fish (Ephippus).

1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 5 Sometimes the crest of the bone is exceedingly lofty, as in the Light Horseman fish (Ephippus) and sometimes absent, as in the sucking fish Remora.

5. In plural. A name for: a gang of thieves who plunder lighters or ships on the River Thames at night. Now historical.

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > river-thief

lumper1781

light horsemen1799

river thief1800

tier-ranger1853

1799 P. Colquhoun Gen. View Depredations Port of London 10 Light-Horsemen, or Nightly Plunderers of West India ships.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xviii. 124 ‘There's a lighter adrift’, said I... ‘The Light Horsemen have cut her adrift.’

1867 Chamber's Jrnl. 25 May 334/1 The light-horsemen or night-plunderers carried on a most infamous system of robbery, preconcerted and carried out with the connivance of the mate and revenue officers attached to the vessel, each of the latter receiving a certain sum, and retiring to bed while the plunder was going on.

1899 Daily News 9 Jan. 6/1 ‘Light Horsemen’ would look out for a lighter having valuable goods on board, and at night, stealing up quietly, would cut her adrift: then following her, as she floated down with the tide, would by-and-by rescue her, and bring her back, claiming salvage.

2001 M. Archibald Across Pond xii. 106 The Thames-side thieves were organised into gangs with evocative names such as Night Plunderers, Mudlarks, Scuffle-Hunters and Light Horsemen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	light horseman
释义	light horsemann. Brit. /ˈlʌɪt ˌhɔːsmən/, U.S. /ˈlaɪt ˌhɔrsmən/ Inflections: Plural light horsemen. Forms: See light adj.¹ and n.² and horseman n. Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, horseman n. Etymology: < light adj.¹ + horseman n. Compare earlier light horse n. 2a. 1. a. A lightly armed cavalry soldier. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed hobblerc1308 prickera1350 genetorc1440 stradiotc1515 light horse1524 hussar1532 light horseman1544 demi-lancer1552 demi-lancea1556 estradiot1577 argoletier1579 argoletc1580 Cossack1587 jennet1676 hobbler-archer1786 1544 A. Cope Hist. Anniball & Scipio lii. f. 98^v The consull, hearynge noo noyse in the tentes of his ennemyes, sent two light horsmen to viewe theyr campe. 1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion sig. I.vi The light horsemen who so hardly persued the tayle of his bande, that they slewe many, hurte more, and toke moost of them. 1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 5 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 226 A light-horseman..was discovered near the bridge on the American side. 2003 Eng. Hist. Rev. 118 1264 The cavalry..was composed of demilancers, lighthorsemen and petronels who differed in their armour and arms... Demilancers and lighthorsemen were fully or partially armoured and armed with a lance or sword. b. Among the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muskogee, and Seminole people: a mounted law enforcement officer. Now historical. ΚΠ 1821 A. R. Gambold Jrnl. 24 Aug. in United Brethren's Missionary Intelligencer (1823) 1 347 A captain of the Cherokee light horsemen. 1821 in Laws of Cherokee Nation (1826) 20 If any person or persons whatsoever, shall resist and kill any of the marshals or light-horsemen in their official duties, it shall be the duty of the marshals to lead the light-horse to apprehend, or kill the person or persons so transgressing. 1893 North Missourian 13 Oct. 7/2 Ponaska..understood that the light horseman, in the discharge of his duty, had made application for a writ for him for horse stealing. 2013 G. Peoples-Elam Amer. Heritage Story 388 The Light Horsemen had the authority to arrest, try, and punish violators of tribal law. 2. A light boat. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > vessels propelled by oars and sails > gig light horseman1589 gig1790 1589 R. Lane in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 741 Which word was not so soone spoken by him, and the light horseman ready to put to shoare, but there lighted a vollie of their arrowes amongst them in the boate. 1600 J. Jane in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 843 His long boat and light-horseman were lost at sea. a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 220 Leaving a Light-horseman to be taken up for their baggage at Gravesend. 1730 Constit. Company of Watermen & Lightermen 68 Deputation to a Master of a Row-Barge, Light Horseman or Tilt-Boat. 1986 J. L. Humber Backgrounds & Prepar. for Roanoke Voy., 1584–90 iii. 37 On this journey it is known that a light horseman was taken, along with the double-oared wherry. †3. A variety of pouter pigeon; cf. horseman n. 3. More fully light horseman pigeon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types porcelainc1530 turn-pate1611 light horseman1661 runt1661 smiter1668 helmet1676 mammet1678 Cortbeck1688 turbit1688 turner1688 dragoon1725 finicking1725 Leghorn1725 nun1725 owl1725 petit1725 trumpeter1725 horseman1735 Mahomet1735 barbel1736 turn-tail1736 frill-back1765 blue rock1825 beard1826 ice pigeon1829 toy1831 black1839 skinnum1839 splash1851 whole-feather1851 spangle1854 swallow1854 shield1855 stork pigeon1855 Swabian1855 yellow1855 archangel1867 dragon1867 starling1867 magpie1868 smerle1869 bluette1870 cumulet1876 oriental1876 spot fairy1876 turbiteen1876 blondinette1879 hyacinth1879 Modena pigeon1879 silver-dun1879 silverette1879 silver-mealy1879 swift pigeon1879 Victoria1879 visor1879 ice1881 swallow pigeon1881 velvet fairy1881 priesta1889 frill1890 1661 W. Ramesey Ὁ Ἄνθρωπος κατ' Ἐξοχήλ 54 They are indeed but Bastards, and begotten between a Barbary & a Runt & so those some term Light Horse Men, they spring from a Carryer & a Runt. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. 182 Light-horsemen. This is a bastard kind, of one Parent a Cropper, the other a Carrier. 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 614 Light Horseman Pigeon... These..are said to be excellent breeders; and never to forsake the place where bred. †4. a. Australian. An Australian marine fish, perhaps the Australasian snapper, Pagrus auratus, or the sea sweep, Scorpis aequipennis. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1789 W. Tench Narr. Exped. Botany Bay xv. 129 A species of grouper, to which, from the form of a bone in the head resembling a helmet, we have given the name of light horseman. 1793 W. Tench Compl. Acct. Settlem. Port Jackson xvii. 176 At the top of the list [of fish], as an article of food, stands a fish, which we named light-horseman. 1798 D. Collins Acct. Eng. Colony New S. Wales I. viii. 86 A boat belonging to the Sirius caught seven-and-forty of the large fish which obtained among us the appellation of Light Horse Men. b. In full light horseman fish. A spadefish (family Ephippidae). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Ephippidae (spade-fishes) > member of light horseman1827 batfish1851 sea-bat1880 angelfish1888 1827 G. Mantell Illustr. Geol. Sussex 58 Teeth of a hemispherical form;... In the Light-horseman fish, a similar dentature is observable. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 174 The median crest is developed to an extreme height in some fishes, as, e.g. the dolphin and light-horseman fish (Ephippus). 1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 5 Sometimes the crest of the bone is exceedingly lofty, as in the Light Horseman fish (Ephippus) and sometimes absent, as in the sucking fish Remora. 5. In plural. A name for: a gang of thieves who plunder lighters or ships on the River Thames at night. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > river-thief lumper1781 light horsemen1799 river thief1800 tier-ranger1853 1799 P. Colquhoun Gen. View Depredations Port of London 10 Light-Horsemen, or Nightly Plunderers of West India ships. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xviii. 124 ‘There's a lighter adrift’, said I... ‘The Light Horsemen have cut her adrift.’ 1867 Chamber's Jrnl. 25 May 334/1 The light-horsemen or night-plunderers carried on a most infamous system of robbery, preconcerted and carried out with the connivance of the mate and revenue officers attached to the vessel, each of the latter receiving a certain sum, and retiring to bed while the plunder was going on. 1899 Daily News 9 Jan. 6/1 ‘Light Horsemen’ would look out for a lighter having valuable goods on board, and at night, stealing up quietly, would cut her adrift: then following her, as she floated down with the tide, would by-and-by rescue her, and bring her back, claiming salvage. 2001 M. Archibald Across Pond xii. 106 The Thames-side thieves were organised into gangs with evocative names such as Night Plunderers, Mudlarks, Scuffle-Hunters and Light Horsemen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1544
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