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EQUESTRIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man skilled in equitation
Synonyms:
equestrian; horseback rider; horseman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("equestrian" is a kind of...):
rider (a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equestrian"):
picador (the horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low)
bronco buster; broncobuster; buster (a person who breaks horses)
fox hunter (a mounted hunter who follows the hounds in pursuit of a fox)
horsewoman (a woman horseman)
jockey (someone employed to ride horses in horse races)
postilion; postillion (someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman))
roughrider (a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle)
Derivation:
equestrian (of or relating to or featuring horseback riding)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or featuring horseback riding
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
horseback riding (travel by being carried on horseback)
Derivation:
equestrian (a man skilled in equitation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or composed of knights
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
knight (originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit)
