horsemen
Equestrians on steeds
Horsemen is the plural of horseman—a person who rides horses, especially one skilled in horsemanship.
The term applies to cavalry soldiers, equestrians, and mounted herders.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are biblical figures representing conquest, war, famine, and death, often invoked figuratively for any group bringing catastrophe: The four horsemen of the financial collapse.
Titled warriors on horseback
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
- valorCourage in danger
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- nobilityTitled ruling class
fealty · jousting · tournaments · armor · squire · pageantry · heraldry · lance
Mounted rider's seat
- bridleEquine control harness
- stirrupsSaddle-hung foot supports
- reinsBit-attached steering straps
- gallopSwiftest quadruped gait
trot · canter · dressage · showjumping · jockeys · rodeo · polo · gymkhana
Defeating and seizing control
- warArmed struggle between groups
- famineSevere food shortage
- deathCessation of life
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
four · revelation · prophecy · judgment · biblical · end-times · eschatology · doomsday
Enlisted cavalry soldiers
- dragoonsCompels by intimidation
- lancersSoldiers with long weapons
- hussarsFast-moving mounted soldiers
- cuirassiersArmored cavalry troops
uhlan · carabiniers · charge · squadron · regiment · brigade · sabers · skirmishers
knights
Titled warriors on horseback
nobility · fealty · jousting · tournaments · armor · squire · pageantry · heraldry · lance · champion
saddle
Mounted rider's seat
gallop · trot · canter · dressage · showjumping · jockeys · rodeo · polo · gymkhana · bareback
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
pestilence · four · revelation · prophecy · judgment · biblical · end-times · eschatology · doomsday · tribulation
troopers
Enlisted cavalry soldiers
cuirassiers · uhlan · carabiniers · charge · squadron · regiment · brigade · sabers · skirmishers · flanking
- Steppe HistoryGenghis Khan, Mongol Empire, nomadic tribes, nomads, nomadic culture
- Gauchogaucho, ponchos, mate, yerba mate, asado
- Hungarian folklorewhite stag, water spirit, forest spirit, house spirit, evil eye
- foursfour elements, four directions, four corners, four suits, four humors
- apocalypseapocalypse, Armageddon, end times, rapture, tribulation
- Bible visionswheels within wheels, valley of dry bones, valley of bones, dry bones, burning bush
horsemenpedestrians
People traveling on foot
walkers · foot soldiers · infantry · hikers · marchers
horsemenfoot soldiers
Ground-based military fighters
infantry · infantrymen · footmen · ground troops · pikemen
- headless horsemanRider lacking cranium
- four horsemenFour dominant field leaders
- headless horsemenMounted figures lacking heads
- Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseEndtime's four mounted destroyers
- Horsemen of the ApocalypseFour biblical catastrophe heralds