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reinsman

[ reynz-muhn ]

noun

, plural reins·men.
  1. a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.


reinsman

/ ˈreɪnzmən /

noun

  1. the driver in a trotting race
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reinsman1

First recorded in 1850–55; rein + -s 3 + -man
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Example Sentences

He survived a rocky reinsman’s career, then hung it up to try his hand at training.

One pudgy 140-pound rider earned a place in reinsman legend by fooling a profoundly myopic clerk of scales by skewing the readout to register him at 110.

Beyond that, Filion is a crafty reinsman who among other things, excels at a tactic that might be called the Herv� Hop.

"Not if I can help it! not if I can help it!" yelled the deacon in reply, as, with something like a reinsman's skill, he instinctively lifted Jack to another spurt.

"Not if I can help it! not if I can help it!" yelled the deacon, in reply, as, with something like a reinsman's skill, he lifted Jack to another spurt.

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