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語源

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

発音

• IPA: /ɪˈkwɛs.tri.ən/
• ハイフネーション: eq‧ues‧tri‧an

形容詞

equestrian (comparative more equestrian, superlative most equestrian)

1. Of horseback riding or horseback riders.

   They were an equestrian people.

   After his death an equestrian statue was erected.

   • 1973, Alfred W. Crosby, The Columbian Exchange, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 82:

     The society of colonial Spanish-America was one of the most equestrian in all history, and, to a very great extent, its existence depended on the adaptability of the Old World horse to New World conditions.

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

派生語

関連する語

• equine

名詞

equestrian (plural equestrians)

1. One who rides a horse.

   Synonyms: horseman, horserider

   Hyponym: equestrienne (fem. only, dated)

2. (historical) Synonym of eques.

派生語

• para-equestrian

参考

• cavalry
• horseback