Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, an additional horse hitched beside a regular pair; the third horse in a team of three.
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Examples
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In some cases the husband is busy enough with his own affairs to let the lover trot alongside, like the third horse which the Greeks called the _pareoros_.
We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914
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