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man on horseback

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man on horseback
n. pl. men on horseback
1. A man, usually a military leader, whose popular influence and power may afford him the position of dictator, as in a time of political crisis.
2. A dictator.


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On his way he met a man on horseback who begged the hare of him, under the pretense of purchasing it.
Fables by Aesop View in context
His little mare was fast bringing him up with a man on horseback, who trotted through the gate a few rods in advance of him, nodded to the toll-gatherer, and kept on towards the village.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
There was a smash as the pole of a carriage crashed into the cart that the man on horseback stopped.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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