Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of roughrider.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word roughriders.

Examples

  • "roughriders". posting and discussion policies if you haven't already.

    The Comics Curmudgeon 2009

  • And he has to tell his Tea Party 'roughriders' to put their horses in the barn.

    No Agreement on Budget One Day Before Partial US Government Shutdown 2011

  • And he has to tell his Tea Party 'roughriders' to put their horses in the barn.

    No Agreement on Budget One Day Before Partial US Government Shutdown 2011

  • I agreed, but remarked that leading a caravan must be specialised work, and doubtless there were many better qualified than I ... which was stark truth, apart from which I'd no wish to be badgering roughriders and arguing with drunk teamsters when I could be rolling in a hand-painted, watertight coach.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • There was enough paint and feathers to outfit the whole Sioux Nation, the braves whooped and ki-yikked and brandished their hatchets, the roughriders curvetted, a stagecoach of terrified virgins was ambushed, the great man arrived in the nick of time blazing away until you couldn't see for smoke, and the Queen said it was most curious and interesting, and what did the strange designs of the war paint signify, my dear Sir Harry?

    Flashman and the Mountain of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

  • There was enough paint and feathers to outfit the whole Sioux Nation, the braves whooped and ki-yikked and brandished their hatchets, the roughriders curvetted, a stagecoach of terrified virgins was ambushed, the great man arrived in the nick of time blazing away until you couldn't see for smoke, and the Queen said it was most curious and interesting, and what did the strange designs of the war paint signify, my dear Sir Harry?

    Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

  • I agreed, but remarked that leading a caravan must be specialised work, and doubtless there were many better qualified than I … which was stark truth, apart from which I'd no wish to be badgering roughriders and arguing with drunk teamsters when I could be rolling in a hand-painted, watertight coach.

    Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

  • I agreed, but remarked that leading a caravan must be specialised work, and doubtless there were many better qualified than I ... which was stark truth, apart from which I'd no wish to be badgering roughriders and arguing with drunk teamsters when I could be rolling in a hand-painted, watertight coach.

    Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

  • An army of roughriders might have launched it, but as bushmen generally travel in single file, it lay a silent reproach to the wisdom of Governments.

    We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915

  • Strathcona Horse, roughriders from the Canadian West.

    The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor Oscar Douglas Skelton 1909

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.