equestrianism
Americannoun
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the pursuit and participation of equestrian sports.
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skill in riding and performing various maneuvers on horseback.
Example Sentences
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Three of the five proposed designs feature the late Queen riding a horse, reflecting her lifelong enthusiasm for equestrianism.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
Near-simultaneously, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made a stab at diplomacy, attempting to turn the conversation away from teasing Putin with an enthusiastic endorsement of equestrianism.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2022
Parents bought a horse for a child, now grown-up and no longer interested in equestrianism.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
A graduate of Princeton’s Theological Seminary, Baskerville, then 23, decided to delay his entry to ministry and left for Tabriz to teach several subjects and coach tennis and equestrianism at a Presbyterian missionary school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
He denounced Polly's equestrianism as a most ruinous and extravagant pursuit.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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