Associations to the word «Roughrider»

Wiktionary

ROUGHRIDER, noun. A horsebreaker.
ROUGHRIDER, noun. (military) (dated) A noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry whose duty is to assist the riding master.

Dictionary definition

ROUGHRIDER, noun. A horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats