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Noun: roughrider  'rúf`rIdu(r)
  1. A horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle
Noun: Rough Rider
  1. A member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898)

Derived forms: roughriders, Rough Riders

Type of: cavalryman, equestrian, horseback rider, horseman, trooper

Encyclopedia: Rough Rider