horseman : Idioms & Phrases


four horsemen

  • noun (New Testament) the four evils that will come at the end of the world: conquest rides a white horse; war a red horse; famine a black horse; plague a pale horse
WordNet

light-horseman

Light"-horse`man noun
Wordforms
plural -men
Definitions
  1. A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th Light.
  2. (Zoöl.) A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors.
Webster 1913