1
: a rider or driver of horses
especially
: one whose skill is exceptional
2
: a person skilled in caring for or managing horses
3
: a person who breeds or raises horses
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The horsemen of the SaaS apocalypse are productivity gains, structural changes in software and investor sentiment.
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Ron Williams, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The cavalcade of galloping horsemen is crudely fragmented across several nations.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
In Charleston, Loyalists were desperate for skilled horsemen who could work as scouts and raiders, plundering Patriot homes for supplies.
—Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
Aris’ supernatural romance follows a Beirut couple brought together and torn apart by cosmic forces, while Hadid’s doc is the middle part of a triptych that follows a traveling brotherhood of horsemen across Morocco.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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Ron Williams, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The cavalcade of galloping horsemen is crudely fragmented across several nations.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
In Charleston, Loyalists were desperate for skilled horsemen who could work as scouts and raiders, plundering Patriot homes for supplies.
—Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
Aris’ supernatural romance follows a Beirut couple brought together and torn apart by cosmic forces, while Hadid’s doc is the middle part of a triptych that follows a traveling brotherhood of horsemen across Morocco.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Horseman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horseman. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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