houyhnhnm Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift
WordNet
Hou*yhnhnm" noun
Definitions
One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men.
