equestrian

[ih-kwes-tree-uh n]

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adjective

of or relating to horseback riding or horseback riders: equestrian skill.

mounted on horseback: equestrian knights.

representing a person mounted on a horse: an equestrian statue.

pertaining to or composed of knights or mounted warriors: an equestrian code of honor.

of or relating to the ancient Roman equites.

noun

a person who rides horses.

Origin of equestrian

1650–60; < Latin equestri(s) (compare eques horseman) + -an

Related formse·ques·tri·an·ism, nounnon·e·ques·tri·an, adjective, nounun·e·ques·tri·an, adjective

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Related Words for equestrian

horseman, rider, horsewoman

Examples from the Web for equestrian

Contemporary Examples of equestrian

The name of his equestrian club and residential land development derives from the Otomí native people of central Mexico.
Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali
Jason McGahan
October 19, 2014
We sat down in the sunshine on the bench at the foot of the equestrian statue of General Sheridan.
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Robert W. Chambers
February 20, 2014
Think scarves with over-printed icons, painted flower-and-leaf prints, and equestrian blankets.
Art Takes the Runway at Burberry Prorsum Fall/Winter 2014 London Fashion Week
Liza Foreman
February 17, 2014
Supermodel Edie Campbell offers an intimate look into her off-the-runway life as an equestrian.
Edie Campbell Rides Eventing for Nowness
Erin Cunningham
January 6, 2014
Princess Beatrice of York and her boyfriend Dave Clark attend today's Olympic equestrian events.
Royal Equestrian Jamboree
Tom Sykes
August 3, 2012

Historical Examples of equestrian

We are reminded, however, that they survived, by an act of equestrian audacity.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2)
John West
We have said that it was the second equestrian statue produced in America.
American Men of Mind
Burton E. Stevenson
Everybody wears these leather boots just as everyone is an equestrian.
In Eastern Seas
J. J. Smith
They are equestrian in their habits, and shew to great advantage on horseback.
Handbook to the new Gold-fields
R. M. Ballantyne
Peter the Great of Russia was here instructed in the equestrian art, and many other illustrious men are on its list of scholars.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
Lt-Col. Pinkney

British Dictionary definitions for equestrian

equestrian

adjective

of or relating to horses and riding

on horseback; mounted

depicting or representing a person on horsebackan equestrian statue

of, relating to, or composed of Roman equites

of, relating to, or composed of knights, esp the imperial free knights of the Holy Roman Empire

noun

a person skilled in riding and horsemanship

Derived Formsequestrianism, noun

Word Origin for equestrian

C17: from Latin equestris, from eques horseman, knight, from equus horse

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Word Origin and History for equestrian

adj.

1650s, formed in English from Latin equester (genitive equestris) "of a horseman," from eques "horseman, knight," from equus "horse" (see equine). As a noun, "one who rides on horseback," from 1791. The pseudo-French fem. equestrienne is attested from 1848.