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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Blackhawk, who read an advance copy of “Indigenous Continent,” said Hamalainen was “an important historian of the early American West, who studies equestrianism as well as anybody.”
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022
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
I shall, however, have occasion to allude hereafter to southern equestrianism more particularly, and will return from my digression to the funeral.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
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