Lipizzaner

[lip-it-sah-ner]

noun

Lippizaner

or Lip·iz·za·ner, Lip·piz·za·na Lip·piz·zan·er

[lip-it-sah-ner]

noun

one of a breed of compact, finely shaped, usually gray or white horses developed at the Austrian Imperial Stud and used generally in dressage exhibitions.

Origin of Lippizaner

1925–30; < German, equivalent to Lippizan of Lippiza (near Trieste, where the Stud was located) + -er -er¹

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British Dictionary definitions for lipizzaner

Lipizzaner

noun

a breed of riding and carriage horse used by the Spanish Riding School in Vienna and nearly always grey in colour

Word Origin for Lipizzaner

German, after Lipizza, near Trieste, where these horses were bred

Lippizaner

noun

a variant spelling of Lipizzaner

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