houyhnhnm

2 definitions found

houyhnhnm - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Houyhnhnm \Hou*yhnhnm"\, n.
     One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary
     travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with
     reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a
     race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of
     men.
     [1913 Webster]

houyhnhnm - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Houyhnhnm
      n 1: one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in
           a novel by Jonathan Swift