Usually means: Powerful, trained horse used militarily.
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  1. warhorse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. warhorse: Merriam-Webster
  3. warhorse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. warhorse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. warhorse: Collins English Dictionary
  6. warhorse: Vocabulary.com
  7. Warhorse, warhorse: Wordnik
  8. warhorse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. warhorse: Wiktionary
  10. warhorse: Dictionary.com
  11. warhorse: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Warhorse (American band), Warhorse (British band), Warhorse (album), Warhorse (band), Warhorse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. warhorse: Rhymezone
  14. warhorse: FreeDictionary.org
  15. warhorse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. warhorse: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. warhorse: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. warhorse: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See warhorses as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (historical, military) Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armoured knight.
noun:  (figurative, informal) An experienced person who has been through many battles, situations or contests; someone who has given long service.
noun:  (theater, music) 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.

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