ROUGH RIDERS


Meaning of ROUGH RIDERS in English

ˈRough ˌRiders, the BrE AmE

a group of US ↑ cowboy s and farmers who were trained to fight against the Spanish in Cuba in the ↑ Spanish-American War (1898). They were led by Theodore ↑ Roosevelt , who later became the US president.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.