rough rider
Untamed horse tamer
A rough rider is someone skilled at breaking and riding unbroken horses—a bronco buster.
The term evokes the rugged horsemanship of the American frontier.
Capitalized, Rough Riders refers to the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War, famous for their charge up San Juan Hill.
Twenty-sixth American president
- San Juan HillSpanish-American War battleground
- Spanish-American War1898 US-Spain territorial conflict
- cavalry chargeArmed riders attacking en masse
- regimentColonel-led military unit
volunteers · Cuba · 1898 · campaign · Gatling guns · battle · cavalry · mounted infantry
Mounted soldier or patroller
- dragoonCavalryman or browbeat
- lancerMounted soldier with spear
- mountedFixed in position
- chargerPower-restoring device or mount
sabre · carbine · cavalry · horseback · regiment · bugle · charge · reins
Unbroken saddle horse
- buckingJumping to unseat rider
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
- rodeoCowboy skills competition
mustang · wrangler · spurs · breaking · taming · wild horse · chaps · lasso
Lacking any apprehension
- boldCourageous and daring
- intrepidResolutely without fear
- audaciousRecklessly or disrespectfully fearless
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
thrill-seeker · adventurer · daring · gutsy · swashbuckling · risk-taker · undaunted · brave
Teddy Roosevelt
Twenty-sixth American president
- San Juan HillSpanish-American War battleground
- Spanish-American War1898 US-Spain territorial conflict
- cavalry chargeArmed riders attacking en masse
regiment · volunteers · Cuba · 1898 · campaign · Gatling guns · battle · cavalry · mounted infantry · war hero
trooper
Mounted soldier or patroller
charger · sabre · carbine · cavalry · horseback · regiment · bugle · charge · reins · saddlebag
bronco
Unbroken saddle horse
rodeo · mustang · wrangler · spurs · breaking · taming · wild horse · chaps · lasso · cowpoke
fearless
Lacking any apprehension
- boldCourageous and daring
- intrepidResolutely without fear
- audaciousRecklessly or disrespectfully fearless
reckless · thrill-seeker · adventurer · daring · gutsy · swashbuckling · risk-taker · undaunted · brave · valiant
- cavalrycavalry, cavalryman, cavalry brigade, cavalry charges, cavalry officer
- rodeo performersbarrel racer, bulldogger, roper, rodeo clown, header