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warhorse
noun war·horse \-ˌhȯrs\
: a person with a lot of experience in a field; especially : a soldier or politician who has served for a long time
: something (such as a work of art or musical composition) that has become very familiar because it has been played, shown, or seen many times
: a large horse used in war
Full Definition of WARHORSE
1
: a horse used in war : charger
2
: a person with long experience in a field; especially : a veteran soldier or public person (as a politician)
3
: something (as a work of art or musical composition) that has become overly familiar or hackneyed due to much repetition in the standard repertoire
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First Known Use of WARHORSE
15th century
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Rhymes with WARHORSE
clotheshorse, concourse, crash course, dark horse, dawn horse, dead horse, deforce, discourse, divorce, dray horse, endorse, enforce, extrorse, golf course, gut course, high horse, introrse, iron horse, midcourse, of course, Old Norse, one-horse, packhorse, perforce, post-horse, racecourse, racehorse, recourse, redhorse, remorse, resource, retrorse, sawhorse, sea horse, stringcourse, trial horse, unhorse, wheelhorse, Whitehorse, workhorse
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