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Meaning of घुड़सवार in English

  • A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
  • A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
  • One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
  • A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
  • Gay; easy; offhand; frank.
  • High-spirited.
  • Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
  • Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
  • One of a body of cavalry.
  • Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.
  • Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue.
  • Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order.
  • One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.
  • A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.
  • A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.
  • A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.
  • A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus).
  • Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.
  • Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidae, of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.
  • of Mount
  • Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry.
  • Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem.
  • In India, a mounted soldier.
  • A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of Cannon.
  • A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam.

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