verb
Meaning 1
To forcibly remove from a horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The knight was unhorsed when his opponent's lance struck his shield.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unhorse
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)s
verb
Meaning 2
To disrupt or unseat; to remove from a position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
- The incumbent governor was unhorsed by the scandal that broke during his reelection campaign.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
alight from (a horse)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dismount, light, get off, get down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: descend, fall, go down, come down
History
Etymology
From Middle English unhorsen, equivalent to un- + horse.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: deĉevaligi — remove from a horse
- Finnish: pudottaa — remove from a horse
- French: désarçonner — remove from a horse
- Old French: deschevaler — remove from a horse
- Finnish: pudottaa — disrupt or unseat
- Swedish: kasta av — disrupt or unseat