Warhorse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Warhorse is a noun meaning (figurative, informal) An experienced person who has been through many battles, situations or contests; someone who has given long service.
Meaning
(figurative, informal) An experienced person who has been through many battles, situations or contests; someone who has given long service.
More Meanings
- (theater, music) A regularly revived theatrical or musical work, as with Hamlet or a Beethoven symphony, or as excerpts thereto. May imply that the work in question has become hackneyed.
- (historical, military) Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armoured knight.
Example Sentences
a Wagner warhorse
Near-synonym: workhorse
Srinath: India's warhorse [title]
Among other accidents of that year was a Democratic president. Judge Atwood was a warhorse of Democracy.
Word Forms
- warhorses
Synonyms for warhorse
Depending on context, synonyms include battlehorse, swashbuckler, veteran, workhorse, old-timer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include veteran, old-timer, war horse, horse, cavalry, horseman.
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