NOUN
- a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898)
How To Use Rough Rider In A Sentence
- In 1898 Roosevelt saw combat as commander of the First US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, known as The Rough Riders, in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
- Maybe you've dreamed of a black-leather-clad rough rider whisking you away on his motorcycle or a hot fireman coming to your rescue.
- Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders became famous for their charge up San Juan Hill
- The regiment that he led, known as the Rough Riders, attacked the Spanish in Cuba on 1 July 1898 in a battle that made him a national hero.
- During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led on a charge at the battle of San Juan.
- When Theodore Roosevelt's bid to seize the GOP nomination from President Taft failed on a first-ballot vote at the 1912 convention, the old Rough Rider accused party officials of rigging the process.
- He became commander of the First Volunteer Cavalry, the Rough Riders, with Roosevelt as his No.2.
- So Teddy Roosevelt, better remembered by later generations of Americans as a unilateralist Rough Rider, had strong internationalist credentials.
- He was turned down by Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War.
