Hoss
Dialect for horse
Hoss is an informal term for a large, strong person or animal, especially a horse or a big man.
It comes from a dialectal pronunciation of "horse." In direct address, hoss is friendly and familiar: How you doing, hoss?
The word suggests physical bulk and power, sometimes with affectionate overtones: That linebacker is a real hoss.
Mounted cattle herder
- ranchLivestock-raising estate
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- rodeoCowboy skills competition
- mustangFree-roaming feral horse
corral · wrangler · trail · prairie · frontier · stockman · drover · rustler
Of great size
- burlyHeavily muscled and broad
- brawnyPhysically powerful, well-muscled
- hulkingMassive and unwieldy
- strappingMuscular and hale
hefty · muscular · powerful · sturdy · robust · imposing · formidable · towering
Wagon-maker surname
- AdamFirst created man
- NevadaSilver State out west
- ranchLivestock-raising estate
- westernOf the sunset side
sixties · television · patriarch · brotherhood · cattle baron
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
mustang · corral · wrangler · trail · prairie · frontier · stockman · drover · rustler · buckaroo
big
Of great size
strapping · hefty · muscular · powerful · sturdy · robust · imposing · formidable · towering · massive
Cartwright
Wagon-maker surname
western · sixties · television · patriarch · brotherhood · cattle baron