horseless
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- adjective
- /ˈhɔrs.ləs/
- Archaic
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- In the 19th century, a horseless carriage provided a glimpse into the future of personal mobility.
- horseless carriage
Examples
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If you're a digital humanist, you've got a horseless carriage to ride, and it might just carry you ahead of the horses around you.
Academic text (2017) -
And where would I go, alone and unarmed, horseless and dogless, with a small child?
Fiction book (2000) -
It's like a-- a horseless carriage!
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There was a horseless carriage.
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Make an automobile rather than simply a horseless carriage.
Blog text (14) -
Pa, there was a horseless carriage right here in Paradise Valley.
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I believe he invents the horseless carriage, your grace.
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- That's what they said that about the horseless carriage.
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The invention of the horseless carriage revolutionized transportation by eliminating the need for horses.
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Early models of the horseless carriage were often viewed with skepticism by traditional carriage drivers.
Synonyms
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Having a certain number or type of engine, like a plane with two engines
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Etymology
Horseless is made from horse plus the ending less, where less means 'without', so it literally means 'without a horse'. People first used it in the phrase 'horseless carriage' for the first cars, which is why it now means a vehicle powered by an engine instead of a horse.