Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A horse-lover; one who is addicted to horses; a horse-fancier.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who loves horses.
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- noun One who loves
horses .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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Examples
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I have not that vicious and demoralizing love of horse-flesh which makes it next to impossible to find a perfectly honest hippophile.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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I have not that vicious and demoralizing love of horse-flesh which makes it next to impossible to find a perfectly honest hippophile.
Our Hundred Days in Europe Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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