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equestrienne

American  
[ih-kwes-tree-en] / ɪˌkwɛs triˈɛn /

noun

  1. a woman who rides horses.


equestrienne British  
/ ɪˌkwɛstrɪˈɛn /

noun

  1. a female rider on horseback, esp one in a circus who performs acrobatics

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gender

See -enne.

Etymology

Origin of equestrienne

First recorded in 1860–65; equestri(an) + -enne


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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

Occasionally he looked at the equestrienne on the prancing roan, but for the greater part of the time the lenses were centered on the face and form of the woman in the buckboard.

From The Song of the Wolf by Frank Mayer

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