Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who shoes horses.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who shoes horses.

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  • noun One who shoes horses.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who shoes horses

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Examples

  • So this was the social philosopher and ex-horseshoer my father had discovered, was my thought.

    Chapter 1: My Eagle 2010

  • Two other trades that immediately come to mind who have to deal with similiar customers are saddlemakers/repairmen and farriers (not to be confused with a horseshoer since the former is trained and knows what he is doing while the latter is learning how on your valuable horse) but I won't bore you with their valid comments at this time.

    Some Peeves from a Gunsmith 2009

  • [1] At ten years of age he had gone to work in the mills, and later he served his apprenticeship and became a horseshoer.

    Chapter 2: Challenges 2010

  • Two other trades that immediately come to mind who have to deal with similiar customers are saddlemakers/repairmen and farriers (not to be confused with a horseshoer since the former is trained and knows what he is doing while the latter is learning how on your valuable horse) but I won't bore you with their valid comments at this time.

    Some Peeves from a Gunsmith 2009

  • His first assignment takes him to a tiny village, Dzabilvar3, presumably somewhere in eastern Turkey, where the proletariat consists of one person, the village horseshoer.

    Archive 2006-08-01 AYDIN 2006

  • The school offers professional horseshoer training.

    You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999

  • The school offers professional horseshoer training.

    You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999

  • Horace Lovett, U.S. Marine Corps, on duty "somewhere over here," has just been appointed a horseshoer of Marines with the rank of corporal.

    The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

  • Always go to a horseshoer who thoroughly understands the anatomy of the horse's foot.

    Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry Pratt Food Co.

  • It requires a long apprenticeship to become a first-class blacksmith or horseshoer.

    Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency R. L. Alsaker

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