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horsey set

horsey set

1 8.5
People who love horses and take part in riding or racing
  • noun
translation icon : grupo ecuestre
  • It's the one that's all about the horsey set on Long Island and-- you have?

Examples

  • It's all about the horsey set on Long Island, and this debutante is thrown from a horse while she's taking him over the jumps in the, uh, uh, regatta.

    The Glass Menagerie (1987)

  • She loves competing in events with the horsey set, who are all passionate about horseback riding.

  • Like Eddie Morgan, Elsie was part of the horsey set.

    Blog text (31)

  • Both his ex-wives had been socialites, and his only daughter was a member of Connecticut's horsey set.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • At the annual horse show, many from the horsey set gathered to admire the beautiful animals.

  • After moving to the countryside, he quickly immersed himself in the local horsey set and enjoyed riding lessons.

Synonyms

horsy set
vshorsey set
8.5

A group of people who like horses, especially riding and racing

is spelled with an extra e while keeping the same meaning

How Horsey

horsey set
1 8.5
horsey
  • Informal
6.9
racetracker
1 7.2
equestrian
15 6.1
hobby horse
  • Archaic
1 7.6

Surface Forms

horsey set singular
horsey sets plural

Morphology

horsey + set

The meaning 'a group of people enthusiastic about horses' is directly derivable from combining 'horsey' (into horses) with 'set' (a group). This adjective + noun composition is a regular English pattern and should be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Horsey set probably comes from calling a small social group a set and adding horsey to show they love horses. Picture people who meet at stables, go riding and to races, and you can see why it means 'a group of people who love horses'.