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adjective
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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.
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Related forms
e·ques·tri·an·ism, noun
non·e·ques·tri·an, adjective, noun
un·e·ques·tri·an, adjective
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Example Sentences
- In the midst of organized equestrian activities, there are also those who prefer to go out riding on their own.
- The donation will be used to help build a multipurpose indoor football-practice complex, an equestrian center, a baseball.
- Horse-crossing signs and paddocks remind drivers that this is equestrian terrain.
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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.
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