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Webster 1913 Edition

(līt′hôrsˊman)

Noun.

;

pl.

-men

(līt′hôrsˊmen)

A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th

(Zool.)

A West Indian fish of the genus

Ephippus

, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors.

light-horseman ‎(plural light-horsemen)

A soldier who serves in the light cavalry.
A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, with a high dorsal fin and brilliant colours.