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单词 roughrider
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roughrider

[ ruhf-rahy-der ]
/ ˈrʌfˈraɪ dər /
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noun

a person who breaks horses to the saddle.
a person accustomed to rough or hard riding.

Origin of roughrider

First recorded in 1725–35; rough + rider

Words nearby roughrider

rough music, roughneck, rough out, rough passage, rough puff pastry, roughrider, Rough Riders, rough-sawn, roughshod, rough sleeper, rough spin
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Example sentences from the Web for roughrider

  • I was described as his 'man Friday,' and as 'Roughrider Anderson.'

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  • Underneath a roughrider hat Burton glimpsed her face as she looked off across the fields that marked the beginning of the course.

    Frank of Freedom Hill|Samuel A. Derieux
  • Then he stiffened and in all visible regards was again Old Chesty, the roughrider.

    Local Color|Irvin S. Cobb
  • Once active members of real Society; no woman could go back to "society," any more than a roughrider could return to a hobbyhorse.

    Our Androcentric Culture, or The Man Made World|Charlotte Perkins Gilman

British Dictionary definitions for roughrider

roughrider
/ (ˈrʌfˌraɪdə) /

noun

a rider of wild or unbroken horses
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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