equestrian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: e=ques=tri=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

equestrian, a. [L. equester, from eques horseman, fr. equus horse: cf. F. équestre. See Equine.].

•  Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.  [1913 Webster]
•  Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue.  [1913 Webster]

  "An equestrian lady appeared upon the plains."  [1913 Webster]
•  Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order.  Burke.  [1913 Webster]

equestrian, n. 

 One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

equestrian, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or relating to horses and horse-riding.
2 on horseback.
--n. (fem. equestrienne) a rider or performer on horseback.

Derivative

equestrianism n.

Etymology

L equestris f. eques horseman, knight, f. equus horse

THESAURUS

equestrian

asinine, bovid, bovine, broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero, caprid, caprine, cavalier, cavalryman, chevalier, circus rider, cowboy, cowgirl, cowish, cowlike, cowpuncher, deerlike, equestrienne, equine, gaucho, goatish, goatlike, hircine, hoggish, hoofed, horse soldier, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseman, horsewoman, horsy, jockey, knight, mounted policeman, mulish, ovine, piggish, postboy, postilion, puncher, rider, roughrider, ruminant, sheepish, sheeplike, steeplechaser, swinish, trick rider, ungulate, vaquero

ROGET THESAURUS

equestrian

Traveler

N traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter, tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club, peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler, bird of passage, gadabout, gadling, vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling, loafer, tramp, tramper, vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer, peripatetic, somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee, beach comber, booly, globegirdler, globetrotter, vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker, noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman, trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro, runner, courier, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet, pedestrian, walker, foot passenger, cyclist, wheelman, rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker, driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman, cabman, cabdriver, voiturier, vetturino, condottiere, engine driver, stoker, fireman, guard, chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman, on the road.