Rough Riders

plural noun

the members of a volunteer regiment of cavalry organized by Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood for service in the Spanish-American War.

Example sentences from the Web for rough riders

He had beaten off all the rough-riders, grooms, and jockeys in that part of the country.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 |Various
The rough-riders had all tried him, but could make nothing of him.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 389, March 1848 |Various
Most of them are in blue, but our rough-riders are in brown.

Letters to His Children |Theodore Roosevelt
Kazak fabrics are usually the sleeping-blankets of the Kazak (Cossack) rough-riders.

Commercial Geography |Jacques W. Redway

For my part I ask nothing better than to let fly my rough-riders at the Swedes, and let any one else hew down the Saxons!

The Mercenary |W. J. Eccott

Cultural definitions for rough riders

Rough Riders

The nickname of a volunteer group of cavalry led by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War. They were famous for a victorious charge at the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba.

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Rough Riders

plural noun

Example sentences from the Web for rough riders

Cultural definitions for rough riders