light-horseman

English

Australian light-horseman

Alternative forms

lighthorseman

Etymology

From light (“not heavy”, adjective) +‎ horseman (noun).

Pronunciation

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Noun

light-horseman (plural light-horsemen)

A soldier who serves in the light cavalry.
(US, obsolete) A West Indian fish, Chaetodipterus faber, with a high dorsal fin and brilliant colours.
(Australia, obsolete) A snapper, Pagrus auratus, whose skull is shaped in the front like a cap worn by light-horsemen.

References

“light-horseman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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