WARHORSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does warhorse mean? 

• WARHORSE (noun)
  The noun WARHORSE has 3 senses:

1. a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition

2. an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service

3. horse used in war

  Familiarity information: WARHORSE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WARHORSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("warhorse" is a kind of...):

work of art (art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit))

Domain category:

drama (the literary genre of works intended for the theater)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

old-timer; old hand; old stager; oldtimer; stager; veteran; warhorse

Hypernyms ("warhorse" is a kind of...):

expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Horse used in war

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("warhorse" is a kind of...):

mount; riding horse; saddle horse (a lightweight horse kept for riding only)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warhorse"):

cavalry horse (horse trained for battle)

charger; courser (formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle)

steed ((literary) a spirited horse for state of war)

 Context examples 

As he spoke, the knight-errant, who had remounted his warhorse, galloped forward to the royal stand, with a silken kerchief bound round his wounded arm.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)