Horites @ cave-men, a race of Troglodytes who dwelt in the limestone caves which abounded in Edom. Their ancestor was "Seir," who probably gave his name to the district where he lived. They were a branch of the Hivites Genesis:14:6Genesis:36:20-30; 1Chronicles:1:38-39). They were dispossessed by the descendants of Esau, and as a people gradually became extinct Deuteronomy:2:12-22).