equestrian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin equester (“of or pertaining to equestrians/cavalry”) + -ianus (“-ian, related to”, adjective marker), from equus (“horse”).
Meanings
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Of horseback riding or horseback riders.
After his death an equestrian statue was erected.
They were an equestrian people.
The society of colonial Spanish-America was one of the most equestrian in all history, and, to a very great extent, its existence depended on the adaptability of the Old World horse to New World conditions.
1973, Alfred W. Crosby, The Columbian Exchange, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 82:
- (historical) Of or relating to the ancient Roman class of equites.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most equestrian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more equestrian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
equestrianship · equestrianly · equestrian vaulting · unequestrian · equestrianess · nonequestrian · equestrianize · camelestrian · equestrianism
Relateds
Translations (23)
fi ratsastaja- (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · es ecuestre (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · bg конен (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · sv häst- (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · gd marcach (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · grc ἱππικός (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · et ratsa- (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · de Reiter- (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · pl jeździecki (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · fr hippique (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · ca eqüestre (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · el ιππικός (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · ru ко́нный (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · pt equestre (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · sv rid- (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · mk коња́нички (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · lv jāšana (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · fi ratsastus- (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · gl ecuestre (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · id berkuda (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · nl hippisch (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · io kavalkala (of horseback riding or horseback riders) · fr équestre (of horseback riding or horseback riders)