equestrian

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Etymology

Ultimately from Latin equester (“of or pertaining to equestrians/cavalry”) + -ianus (“-ian, related to”, adjective marker), from equus (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈkwɛstrɪən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

equestrian (comparative more equestrian, superlative most equestrian)

1. Of horseback riding or horseback riders.

   They were an equestrian people.

   After his death an equestrian statue was erected.

   • 1973, Alfred W. Crosby, The Columbian Exchange, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 82:

     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.

2. (historical) Of or relating to the ancient Roman class of equites.

Derived terms

• camelestrian
• equestrianess
• equestrianism
• equestrianize
• equestrianly
• equestrianship
• equestrian vaulting
• nonequestrian
• unequestrian

Translations

of horseback riding or horseback riders

Bulgarian: конен (konen) Catalan: eqüestre (ca) Dutch: ruiter (nl) Estonian: ratsa- Finnish: ratsastus-, ratsastaja- French: équestre (fr), hippique (fr) Galician: ecuestre Greek: ιππικός (el) (ippikós) Ancient Greek: ἱππικός (hippikós) Ido: kavalkala (io) Indonesian: berkuda (id) Latvian: jāšana f Macedonian: коња́нички (konjánički) Polish: jeździecki (pl) Portuguese: equestre (pt) Russian: ко́нный (ru) (kónnyj) Scottish Gaelic: marcach Spanish: ecuestre (es) Swedish: häst- (sv), rid- (sv)

Noun

equestrian (plural equestrians)

1. One who rides a horse.

   Synonyms: horseman, horserider

   Hyponym: equestrienne (fem. only, dated)

2. (historical) Synonym of eques.

Derived terms

• para-equestrian

Translations

an equestrian person; one who rides on horseback

Bulgarian: конник m (konnik) Catalan: genet (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 騎師 / 骑师 (zh) (qíshī) Esperanto: ĉevalrajdisto Estonian: ratsutaja Finnish: ratsastaja (fi) French: cavalier (fr) m Ido: kavalkero (io), kavalkisto (io) Italian: equestre (it) m or f Latvian: jātnieks m Macedonian: ко́њаник m (kónjanik) Norwegian: rytter (no) m Portuguese: equestre (pt) m or f Punjabi: ਘੋੜਸਵਾਰ m (ghoṛsavār) Russian: нае́здник (ru) m (najézdnik), нае́здница (ru) f (najézdnica), вса́дник (ru) m (vsádnik), вса́дница (ru) f (vsádnica) Scottish Gaelic: marcach m Serbo-Croatian: коњаник m (konjanik) Swedish: ryttare (sv) c, ryttarinna (sv) f Thai: นักขี่ม้า (nák-kìi-máa)