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Definition of Equestrians
1. equestrian [n] - See also: equestrian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Equestrians
Literary usage of Equestrians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Road and the Roadside by Burton Willis Potter (1893)
"equestrians AND PEDESTRIANS. IN England " the law of the road " applies as well
to equestrians as to travellers by carriage, and I can see no good reason ..."
2. Travels in the United States, Etc.: During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"... shouting Inquirer—Approach to Lima—Absence of Rain at that City—The graceful
Peruvian Costume—The Poncho—Male and Female equestrians—Arrival at Lima—The ..."
3. The Idler in Italy by Marguerite Blessington (1839)
"But the badness of the roads and inns in remote places, exclude all but hardy
equestrians, or pedestrians, who fear not vile paths and worse inns. ..."
4. Our iron roads: their history, construction, and social influences by Frederick Smeeton Williams, Williams, Frederick Smeeton, 1829-1886 (1852)
"CHAPTER I. Means made available for locomotion—Travelling as it was—equestrians
of the Sixteenth Century—Travelling in the times of the Stuarts—The country ..."
5. My Life and Recollections by Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley (1865)
"... Misadventure of an officer's cocked hat—Young lady equestrians—Droll scene at
a drawing- room—A loving couple—Lord Roden—Her Majesty at a Court ball—The ..."