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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
- 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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