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Definition of Equestrian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or composed of knights.

2. Noun. A man skilled in equitation.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to or featuring horseback riding.

Definition of Equestrian

1. a. Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.

2. n. One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.

Definition of Equestrian

1. Adjective. of horseback riding or horseback riders ¹

2. Noun. an equestrian person; a horserider ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Equestrian

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Equestrian

1. 1. Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games. 2. Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue. "An equestrian lady appeared upon the plains." (Spectator) 3. Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order. Origin: L. Equester, from eques horseman, fr. Equus horse: cf. F. Equestre. See Equine. One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equestrian

equatorial current equatorial division equatorial guinea equatorial plane equatorial plate equatorial staphyloma equatorially equatorials equators equatorward

equatour equeries equerries equerry equery equestrian sport equestrianism equestrians equestrianship equestrienne

equestriennes equi- equianalgesic equianalgesic dose equiangled equiangular equiangular triangle equiangularity equiareal

Literary usage of Equestrian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: A Companion Book for Students and by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1897)
"LUS CONSTANTINI (equestrian Statue of Constantine). — In 1873 an official announcement was given to the archaeological world of the discovery of the ..."

2. Annals of the Artists of Spain by Sir William Stirling Maxwell (1891)
"His fine equestrian pictures of Philip III. and Queen Margaret, CH. IX. ... equestrian portrait of the King. equestrian portraits of Philip III. and Queen ..."

3. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1872)
"The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is so well known that little need be ... The inscription beneath the copperplate engraving of an equestrian statue ..."

4. Records of the Past by Records of the Past Exploration Society (1905)
"About 45 meters west of the Temple of Divus Julius, in the very middle of the Forum, are the remains of a base apparently of an equestrian statue (Fig. 4). ..."

5. Roman Antiquities: Or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans by Alexander Adam, John Richardson Major (1835)
"After this, all those who served on horseback were not properly called EQUITES or knights, but such only as were chosen into the equestrian order, ..."

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