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Etymology

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From rough +‎ rider.

Noun

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roughrider (plural roughriders)

  1. A horsebreaker.
  2. (military, dated) A noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry whose duty is to assist the riding master.
  3. (US, military, dated, slang) A member of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry during the Spanish-American War
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  • rough rider

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.(See the entry for “roughrider”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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