Lippizaner
or Lip·iz·za·ner, Lip·piz·za·na Lip·piz·zan·er
[ lip-it-sah-ner ]
/ ˌlɪp ɪtˈsɑ nər /
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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.
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Origin of Lippizaner
1925–30; <German, equivalent to Lippizan of Lippiza (near Trieste, where the Stud was located) + -er-er1
Words nearby Lippizaner
lipper, Lippershey, Lippi, lippick, lipping, Lippizaner, Lippmann, Lippmann, Walter, Lippold, lippy, lipread
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