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Definition of Racehorse
1. Noun. A horse bred for racing.
Generic synonyms: Equus Caballus, Horse
Specialized synonyms: Thoroughbred, Pony, Yearling, Two Year Old, Two-year-old Horse, Three Year Old, Three-year-old Horse, Dark Horse, Mudder, Nonstarter, Pacemaker, Pacer, Pacesetter, Trotter, Trotting Horse
Definition of Racehorse
1. Noun. A horse which competes in races. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Racehorse
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Racehorse
Literary usage of Racehorse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1848)
"Joel Rathbone exhibited Giant rhubarb, Early York cabbages, Admiral lettuce,
Early June, and racehorse peas. D. Thomas Vail, Troy, exhibited some very fine ..."
2. Medals of the British navy and how they were won by William Henry Long (1895)
"... nearly four feet of water in her hold, and more than sixty of her crew killed
and wounded, made sail towards the "Astrea" and "racehorse," about ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... applied to it According to Daniel, its •peed on flat ground is little inferior
to that of a racehorse, Fin. 3.—Greyhound. while on hilly ground it is ..."
4. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches: A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1906)
"'HE fact that, out of the hundreds of foals which are born annually, a really
great racehorse only makes its appearance about once in every three or four ..."
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