equestrienne
Americannoun
noun
Gender
See -enne.
Etymology
Origin of equestrienne
First recorded in 1860–65; equestri(an) + -enne
Example Sentences
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Gauzy, grinning Equestrienne Dorothy Herbert flings her arms and legs about with customary abandon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nella, the Child Equestrienne, was kissing her hand right to Emmy Lou from her horse's back.
From Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress by Martin, George Madden
But when the increasing wrath of the Champion Lady Equestrienne of America led her to demand his instant and painful annihilation the worm turned.
From Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle by Ford, Sewell
She was to be the Dauntless Equestrienne, and to give her enhancing act of bare-backed daring, riding either a pig or a sheep, whichever we found was freshest and most skittish.
From The Wouldbegoods by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
She was to be the Dauntless Equestrienne, and to give her enhancing act a barebacked daring, riding either a pig or a sheep, whichever we found was freshest and most skittish.
From The Wouldbegoods by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
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