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单词 man on horseback
释义 man on horseback
Etymology: after the Man on Horseback, nickname of Georges E. J. M. Boulanger died 1891 French chauvinistic general and demagogue; from his frequent appearance before the Paris crowds mounted on a black horse
1. : a man typically a military figure whose ambitions, personal popularity, and pretensions to be destined to save the nation or lead it to greatness mark him as a potential dictator
 < endangered by men on horseback or rabble-rousers — Telford Taylor >
 < used to advantage by the first rascally man on horseback who comes along — New Yorker >
2. : dictator, caudillo; especially : a military dictator
 < the man on horseback … comes to power by way of a coup, usually with army support — Bruce Bliven b. 1889 >
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