Added 8 October 2026
horse
/hɔːs/ noun
In Latin: equus, caballus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about horse at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times.
- A padded gymnastic apparatus on legs.
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Troops trained to fight on horseback.
500 horse led the attack
verb
- Provide with a horse or horses.
Origin
From Middle English hors, horse, ors, from Old English hors (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hors, *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of car and carrus.
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