# warhorse

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #73,790

## Definitions
1. Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armoured knight.
2. An experienced person who has been through many battles, situations or contests; someone who has given long service.
3. A regularly revived theatrical or musical work, as with Hamlet or a Beethoven symphony, or as excerpts thereto. May imply that the work in question has become hackneyed.

## Etymology
From war + horse.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/warhorse