Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to horseback riding or horseback riders.
- adj. Depicted or represented on horseback: an equestrian statue of a famous monarch.
- n. One who rides a horse or performs on horseback.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining or relating to horses or horsemanship; concerned with horses or riding; consisting in or accompanied with performances on horseback: as, a person of equestrian tastes; an equestrian picture; equestrian feats, exercise, or sports.
- Riding or represented as riding on a horse; exercising or mounted on horseback: as, equestrian performers; an equestrian statue of Washington. Equestrian statues are usually cast in bronze and mounted on a stone pedestal. Few early monuments of this kind are extant, the valuable metal they contained tempting ravagers to destroy them.
- Of or pertaining to the Roman equites or knights: as, the equestrian order. See equites.
- n. A rider on horseback; specifically, one who earns his living by performing feats of agility and skill on horseback in a circus.
Wiktionary
- adj. of horseback riding or horseback riders
- n. an equestrian person; a horserider
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship.
- adj. Being or riding on horseback; mounted.
- adj. Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman
equities or knights. - n. One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a man skilled in equitation
- adj. of or relating to or featuring horseback riding
- adj. of or relating to or composed of knights
Etymologies
- From Latin equester, equestr-, from eques, horseman, from equus, horse. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Matz gained keen insight into horses as a three-time Olympian and a silver medalist in equestrian competition at the 1996 Summer Games before he retired as a rider to train Thoroughbreds.”
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“FEMA Director: “heck of an opportunity for a self-starting problem solver; training in equestrian helpful but not mandatory. —
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“Rare judging dispute in equestrian helps American medal haul”
USATODAY.com - Rare judging dispute in equestrian helps American medal haul
“The Dutch have excelled in equestrian events, swimming, cycling, and rowing.”
“The remainder came in equestrian events, rowing, and swimming.”
“The possible ride of her life Debbie McDonald eyes Olympic history in equestrian.”
“Cavalia, " often called equestrian ballet, is coming to Redmond's Marymoor Park in January.”
“You want to make sure your horse will work for you, and different things will scare a horse," said Debbie Cowgur, of Crete, a member of an on-call equestrian search team that has been trained to respond to emergencies.”
“This is in response to Anderson of Camarillo, who called the equestrian community selfish pigs.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘equestrian’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
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AGRI - horse breeding
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Gesundheit
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Summer Olympics - Beijing 2008
All things to do with the modern Summer Olympics
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here, horsey!
horse-related words (sometimes several times removed from actual equines)
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sputnik
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