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EQUESTRIANISM

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e⋅ques⋅tri⋅an

  [i-kwes-tree-uhn]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to horseback riding or horseback riders: equestrian skill.
2. mounted on horseback: equestrian knights.
3. representing a person mounted on a horse: an equestrian statue.
4. pertaining to or composed of knights or mounted warriors: an equestrian code of honor.
5. of or pertaining to the ancient Roman equites.
–noun
6. a person who rides horses.
Origin:
1650–60; < L equestri(s) (cf. eques horseman) + -an

Related forms:
e⋅ques⋅tri⋅an⋅ism, noun
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e·ques·tri·an   (ĭ-kwěs'trē-ən)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to horseback riding or horseback riders.

  2. Depicted or represented on horseback: an equestrian statue of a famous monarch.

n.  One who rides a horse or performs on horseback.

[From Latin equester, equestr-, from eques, horseman, from equus, horse; see ekwo- in Indo-European roots.]
e·ques'tri·an·ism, e·ques'tri·an·ship n.
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Word Origin & History

equestrian 
1656, formed in Eng. from L. equester (gen. equestris) "of a horseman," from eques "horseman, knight," from equus "horse" (see equine). The pseudo-Fr. fem. equestrienne is attested from 1864.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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