Meaning

2 senses

  1. Of horseback riding or horseback riders.

    They were an equestrian people.

    After his death an equestrian statue was erected.

    Reiter-

    ко́нныйkónnyj

    of or relating to or featuring horseback riding

  2. (historical)Of or relating to the ancient Roman class of equites.

Examples

4 sentences

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

    deMaria hat beim Reitwettbewerb den zweiten Platz belegt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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

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

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

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
of horseback riding or horseback riders:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of horseback riding or horseback riders:

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”).

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Forms

more equestrian, most equestrian
Comparativemore equestrian Lesson
Superlativemost equestrian Lesson

regular

Word family

12 related words
Relatedequineknighthorseback riding
Derivedcamelestrianequestrianessequestrianismequestrianizeequestrianlyequestrianshipequestrian vaultingnonequestrianunequestrian

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
equationB2equatorequatorialequilibriumC2equinoxequipB2
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