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Definition of Hippodrome
1. Noun. A stadium for horse shows or horse races.
Definition of Hippodrome
1. n. A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.
2. n. A fraudulent contest with a predetermined winner.
3. v. i. To arrange contests with predetermined winners.
Definition of Hippodrome
1. Noun. A horse racing course. ¹
2. Verb. (baseball) To stage a baseball game to suit gamblers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hippodrome
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Medical Definition of Hippodrome
1. 1. A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races. 2. An arena for equestrian performances; a circus. Origin: L. Hippodromos, Gr.; horse + course, fr. To run: cf. F. Hippodrome. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippodrome
Literary usage of Hippodrome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medieval Civilization: Selected Studies from European Authors by Dana Carleton Munro, George Clarke Sellery (1907)
"Down to the present day it has preserved the name and kept the form of the gigantic
circus, the Byzantine hippodrome. It was 370 meters long, ..."
2. Bell's Electric Speaking Telephone: Its Invention, Construction, Application by George Bartlett Prescott (1884)
"The orchestra of the hippodrome, which plays during the day and evening for the
two daily performances, was heard distinctly by numerous invited guests ..."
3. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"THE hippodrome SITUATED on the west side of Fourth Avenue, between Twenty- sixth
and Twenty-seventh streets was the hippodrome. ..."
4. Turkey and the Turks: An Account of the Lands, the Peoples, and the by Will Seymour Monroe (1907)
"The level of the At Meidan, the hippodrome of Byzantine days, around which ...
The hippodrome was the great forum of the city; it seated 120000 persons, ..."
5. Diary of an Idle Woman in Constantinople by Frances Elliot (1893)
"CHAPTER V THE hippodrome An epitome of Eastern life—Architectural beauties of
the hippodrome—Arrangement of the auditorium—Spoliation of the hippodrome—The ..."
6. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"The one desire of every citizen was to escape from the hippodrome, a desire
impossible of fulfilment; for, lo'. at the same moment Mundus, ..."
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