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equestrian

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
equestrian /ɪˈkwɛstrɪən, ɛ-/

▶adjective

1 relating to horse riding.

2 depicting or representing a person on horseback.

▶noun (fem. equestrienne /ɪˌkwɛstrɪˈɛn/) a person on horseback.

– origin C17: from L. equester ‘belonging to a horseman’ (from eques ‘horseman, knight’, from equus ‘horse’) + -ian.

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