equestrianadj.n.
/ɪˈkwɛstrɪən/ A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to horse-riding. Also of persons: Skilled in horse-riding.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adjective]
riding1544
equestrial1556
prickant1613
equestrian1656
horsy1849
equitative1855
muleback1904
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Equestrian, pertaining to a Horse-man, Knight, or Gent. or to an Horse.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 104. ⁋1 I should be glad if a certain Equestrian Order of Ladies..would take this Subject into their serious Consideration.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (1742) I. iv. 273 The Equestrian races of the Circus.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 20 May 49 Future candidates for equestrian glory.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. vi. 190 Evelyn's inexperience in equestrian matters.
1866 J. G. Edgar Runnymede xiv. 80 Their mettled palfreys, and their equestrian grace.
2. Mounted on a horse. Also of a portrait or statue: Representing a person on horseback.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective]
yhorsedc893
ridingOE
chevausende1430
horsed1488
mounted1583
horsinga1627
equestrian1711
equitant1840
bestriding1849
horse-riding1854
macadamizing1869
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > specific subject
equestrial1556
marinea1701
equestrian1711
scenic1835
zooplastic1872
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > portrait-painting > equestrian
equestrial1556
equestrian1711
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 59. ¶4 The Antique Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 435 An Equestrian Lady..appeared upon the Plains.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. iii. 22 Advance at once to the equestrian chief.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge x. 289 To sit for an equestrian portrait.
3. in extended use.1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 97 A middle sort of men; a sort of equestrian order.
a. Roman History. Of or pertaining to the order of Equites or Knights.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [adjective] > relating to order of Equites
equestrial1556
equestrian1696
1696 B. Kennett Romæ Antiquæ Notitia ii. iii. i. 97 One that had Four hundred [sestertia] might be taken into the Equestrian Order.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 241 Whatever might be the numbers, of equestrian, or plebeian rank, who perished in the massacre of Rome.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar viii. 78 Cicero challenged his opponents..to find a single instance in which an Equestrian Court could be found to have given a corrupt verdict.
b. Historical. Of or pertaining to the ‘knightly order’ in the states of the Holy Roman Empire.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [adjective] > of knightly order of Holy Roman Empire
equestrian1684
1684 Scanderbeg Redivivus iv. 64 Next day the Equestrian Order went to the House of Senators.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4930/1 The Deputies of the Equestrian Order, were to meet there.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. 617 The bishop, chapter and equestrian order, or nobles (Ritterschaft).
B. n.
a. One who rides on horseback.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun]
styera1340
upstyerc1340
prickera1350
chevalier1377
sittera1382
ridera1400
horsemanc1400
horse-rider1580
cavalier1596
equestrian1791
bestrider1830
Macadamite1860
1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship v. 22 Many of his Majesty's faithful subjects, whose occupations oblige them daily to figure as Equestrians.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 4 [He] stopped..internally wishing no good to the panting equestrian.
1840 R. H. Barham Spectre of Tappington in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 14 Mr. Peters..indifferent as an equestrian, had acquired some fame as a whip.
1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. x. 243 The tracts for equestrians having been from time to time increased.
b. One who publicly performs on horseback.
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1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 41 As the equestrians in the circus throw themselves nimbly from horse to horse.
Derivatives
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] > female rider
horsewoman1564
equestriana1825
rideress1849
equestrienne1864
1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 197 See Mrs. M. a superb equestriana.
eˈquestriaˌnism n. the art or practice of riding on horseback.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding
equitation1562
horsemanship1566
cavalry1591
cavallerice1607
manège1814
school riding1859
equestrianism1872
equestrianizing1886
monkey drill1906
1872 Globe 5 Aug. Dislike of equestrianism.
1881 Morning Post 29 Sept. 5/4 Schule Reiterei..or riding school equestrianism.
eˈquestrianize v. (intransitive) to act as an equestrian.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)]
rideeOE
prig1567
equitate1708
prick1808
equestrianize1887
1887 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 28 Nov. 2/1 Senator—and his daughters equestrianize about Washington daily.
eˈquestriaˌnizing n.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding
equitation1562
horsemanship1566
cavalry1591
cavallerice1607
manège1814
school riding1859
equestrianism1872
equestrianizing1886
monkey drill1906
1886 Blackie in Cassell's Family Mag. Feb. 151 This habit of bracing equestrianising.
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