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Definition of unhorse - 3 dictionary results

un⋅horse

  [uhn-hawrs]
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–verb (used with object), -horsed, -hors⋅ing.
1. to cause to fall from a horse, as in battle; dislodge from the saddle: Sir Gawain unhorsed the strange knight.
2. to defeat; overcome; dislodge, as from a position or office: His vigorous campaign unhorsed his adversary.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME unhorsen. See un- 2 , horse
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un·horse   (ŭn-hôrs')   
tr.v.   un·horsed, un·hors·ing, un·hors·es

  1. To cause to fall from a horse.

  2. To overthrow or dislodge; upset.

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Word Origin & History

unhorse 
1390, "to throw (someone) from his horse," from un- (2) + verbal derivative of hand (n.). Cf. M.Du. ontorsen.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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