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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“We are only women here now,” said one of those experienced riders, Fanny Lorré, gleefully smiling as she noted how big of a change it was from the once male-dominated world of equestrianism.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
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
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
“She had been interested in equestrianism her entire life.”
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2020
Nicely he had cleared it for them all; and the pent-up tide of equestrianism now poured over the park like the flood of an irrigated water meadow.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith
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