Meaning

2 senses

  1. One who rides a horse.

    Reiter, Reiterin

    нае́здникnajézdnik, нае́здницаnajézdnica, вса́дникvsádnik

  2. (historical)Synonym of eques.

More definitions
  • a person skilled in equitation

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Mary won the 2nd prize in the equestrian competition.

    deMaria hat beim Reitwettbewerb den zweiten Platz belegt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Hybrid · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. This is an equestrian town! You will see horses everywhere.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Tabasco1999 · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Equestrian is the only mixed-gender Olympic event.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · fcbond · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Tom Jackson's 13-foot-high bronze equestrian statue is located in the main square of Boston.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · maaster · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
an equestrian person; one who rides on horseback:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an equestrian person; one who rides on horseback:

Origin

Ultimately from Latin equester (“of or pertaining to equestrians/cavalry”) + -ianus (“-ian

Ultimately from Latin equester (“of or pertaining to equestrians/cavalry”) + -ianus (“-ian, related to”, adjective marker), from equus (“horse”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: equestrians
Singularequestrian
Pluralequestrians

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
horsemanhorseridereques
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedcavalryhorseback
Derivedpara-equestrian

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
equationB2equatorequatorialequilibriumC2equinoxequipB2
equestrian — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto