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equestrian
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun equestrian has 1 sense
- equestrian(n = noun.person) horseback rider, horseman - a man skilled in equitation; Array has particulars: picador, bronco buster, broncobuster, buster, fox hunter, horsewoman, jockey, postilion, postillion, roughrider
is a kind of rider
Derived form adjective equestrian2
Adjective equestrian has 2 senses
CIDE DICTIONARY
equestrian, a. [L. equester, from eques horseman, fr. equus horse: cf. F. équestre. See Equine.].
- Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games. [1913 Webster]
- Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue. [1913 Webster]"An equestrian lady appeared upon the plains." [1913 Webster]
- Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order. Burke. [1913 Webster]
equestrian, n.
One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
equestrian, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or relating to horses and horse-riding.
2 on horseback.
--n. (fem. equestrienne) a rider or performer on horseback.
--adj.
1 of or relating to horses and horse-riding.
2 on horseback.
--n. (fem. equestrienne) a rider or performer on horseback.
Derivative
equestrianism n.
Etymology
L equestris f. eques horseman, knight, f. equus horse
THESAURUS
equestrian
asinine, bovid, bovine, broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero, caprid, caprine, cavalier, cavalryman, chevalier, circus rider, cowboy, cowgirl, cowish, cowlike, cowpuncher, deerlike, equestrienne, equine, gaucho, goatish, goatlike, hircine, hoggish, hoofed, horse soldier, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseman, horsewoman, horsy, jockey, knight, mounted policeman, mulish, ovine, piggish, postboy, postilion, puncher, rider, roughrider, ruminant, sheepish, sheeplike, steeplechaser, swinish, trick rider, ungulate, vaqueroROGET THESAURUS
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Traveler
N traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter, tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club, peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler, bird of passage, gadabout, gadling, vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling, loafer, tramp, tramper, vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer, peripatetic, somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee, beach comber, booly, globegirdler, globetrotter, vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker, noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman, trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro, runner, courier, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet, pedestrian, walker, foot passenger, cyclist, wheelman, rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker, driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman, cabman, cabdriver, voiturier, vetturino, condottiere, engine driver, stoker, fireman, guard, chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman, on the road.
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