horseman

Other forms of horseman

plural

horsemans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about horseman

What does horseman mean?

horseman means "a man skilled in equitation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in horseman?

horseman has 2 syllables: hor-seman. The stress falls on "hor". In IPA it is /ˈhɔɹsmən/.

What is another word for horseman?

Close synonyms include equestrian, horseback rider, horse fancier. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is horseman a common word?

horseman is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.