equestrienne
Americannoun
noun
Gender
See -enne.
Etymology
Origin of equestrienne
First recorded in 1860–65; equestri(an) + -enne
Example Sentences
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In 2020, Chandler’s daughter Shelby, 15, already an equestrienne who practiced English jumping, began volunteering at Toni’s Ponies as a break from virtual schooling.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022
There was a circus in town, and she joined it, as an equestrienne, with the result that she wound up in Paris, as part of the 1867 Exposition Universelle.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 22, 2016
Born and raised on a farm in the American Midwest, after her family suddenly dies from disease, she makes her way to Europe as an equestrienne in a circus.
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2016
There will be huge ball gowns, enchanting combinations of color — pale blue served with pistachio, and equestrienne habits for riding sidesaddle.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2010
She is a magnificent equestrienne, and a very clever shot, being infinitely more successful in this respect than her husband, who is so devoted to her that he bears this superiority with the greatest equanimity.
From The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) by Fontenoy, Mme. la Marquise de
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