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adjective

Equestrian adj.

Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.

Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue. "An equestrian lady appeared upon the plains."

Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order.

noun

Equestrian n. One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.

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"Equestrian" Quotes from Famous Books

... reason why any one should ever come to this outermost point of human habitation. Once a young Roman officer— Caius Crassus—rode out a day's journey from Tyras, and climbed the hill to have speech with the anchorite. He was of an equestrian family, and still held his belief in the old dispensation. He looked with interest and surprise, but also with some disgust, at the ascetic ...

— The Last Galley Impressions and Tales - Impressions and Tales • Arthur Conan Doyle

... may perhaps remember, that in an early part of our veracious chronicle we hinted that Mr. Verdant Green's equestrian performances were but of a humble character. They were, in fact, limited to an occasional ride with his sisters when they required a cavalier; but on these occasions, the old cob, which Verdant called his own, ...

— The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green • Cuthbert Bede

... interrupted the General. "Spare me, I pray, the honor of figuring in this equestrian contradance. I have not the means to bequeath to posterity ...

— Zibeline, Complete • Phillipe de Massa

... few miles from the town upon one occasion, when the fox-hounds of a gentleman, Mr. Gregson, who will be long remembered in the colony for his pedestrian and equestrian performances—met in the neighbourhood to hunt the kangaroo. A thoroughly English appreciation of all that promised sport, led a large party of us to join the meet, at a place called the Neck. The turnout was by no means despicable: the ...

— Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. • J Lort Stokes

... Duc D'Enghien, are events that only recur more impressively to the mind of the spectator because uncommemorated. From the career of military genius which transformed the destinies of France, we pass to apartments where still breathes the vestiges of legitimacy as in the hour of its prime. The equestrian statue of Louis XIV. in the court-yard, his bed and crown, his clock and chair in the long suite of rooms kept sacred to his memory, typify the age when genius and beauty mingled their charms in the corrupt atmosphere of intrigue and profligacy. The noble expanse of wood, water, and meadow; ...

— Gifts of Genius - A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors • Various

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