Synonyms for equestrian


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-kwes-tree-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈkwɛs tri ən


Définition of equestrian

Origin :
  • 1650s, formed in English from Latin equester (genitive equestris) "of a horseman," from eques "horseman, knight," from equus "horse" (see equine). As a noun, "one who rides on horseback," from 1791. The pseudo-French fem. equestrienne is attested from 1848.
  • noun horse rider
Example sentences :
  • We are reminded, however, that they survived, by an act of equestrian audacity.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) » by John West
  • We have said that it was the second equestrian statue produced in America.
  • Extract from : « American Men of Mind » by Burton E. Stevenson
  • Everybody wears these leather boots just as everyone is an equestrian.
  • Extract from : « In Eastern Seas » by J. J. Smith
  • They are equestrian in their habits, and shew to great advantage on horseback.
  • Extract from : « Handbook to the new Gold-fields » by R. M. Ballantyne
  • Peter the Great of Russia was here instructed in the equestrian art, and many other illustrious men are on its list of scholars.
  • Extract from : « Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 » by Lt-Col. Pinkney
  • He was of equestrian rank; cf. the speech of Seneca the younger, Tac.
  • Extract from : « The Student's Companion to Latin Authors » by George Middleton
  • He looked, in his stately grace, like an equestrian youth on a Greek frieze.
  • Extract from : « Amabel Channice » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • They had shared the fate of the equestrian figure of Henri IV.
  • Extract from : « Old and New Paris, v. 1 » by Henry Sutherland Edwards
  • On the top of the arch an equestrian statue of Tiberius probably stood.
  • Extract from : « Pompeii, Its Life and Art » by August Mau
  • I should like an equestrian statue of Puck not shying at a Zeppelin!
  • Extract from : « The Worn Doorstep » by Margaret Sherwood

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