roughrider

[ ruhf-rahy-der ]
/ ˈrʌfˈraɪ dər /

noun

a person who breaks horses to the saddle.
a person accustomed to rough or hard riding.

Origin of roughrider

First recorded in 1725–35; rough + rider

Words nearby roughrider

Example sentences from the Web for roughrider

  • I was described as his 'man Friday,' and as 'Roughrider Anderson.'

  • Underneath a roughrider hat Burton glimpsed her face as she looked off across the fields that marked the beginning of the course.

    Frank of Freedom Hill |Samuel A. Derieux
  • Then he stiffened and in all visible regards was again Old Chesty, the roughrider.

    Local Color |Irvin S. Cobb
  • Once active members of real Society; no woman could go back to "society," any more than a roughrider could return to a hobbyhorse.

British Dictionary definitions for roughrider

roughrider
/ (ˈrʌfˌraɪdə) /

noun

a rider of wild or unbroken horses