equestrian

English

An equestrian sculpture of Brazilian military hero David Canabarro (1796–1867)

Etymology

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

Adjective

equestrian (comparative more equestrian, superlative most equestrian)

Of horseback riding or horseback riders.
They were an equestrian people.
After his death an equestrian statue was created.

Derived terms

equestrianess
equestrianism
equestrianly
equestrianship
equestrian vaulting
nonequestrian

Translations

of horseback riding or horseback riders

Bulgarian: конен (konen)
Catalan: eqüestre (ca)
Dutch: ruiter (nl)
Estonian: ratsa-
Finnish: ratsastus-, ratsastaja-
French: hippique (fr)
Galician: ecuestre

Ido: kavalkala (io)
Latvian: jāšana f
Polish: jeździecki (pl)
Portuguese: equestre (pt)
Russian: ко́нный (ru) (kónnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: marcach
Spanish: ecuestre (es)

Noun

equestrian (plural equestrians)

An equestrian person; a horserider.

Synonyms

horseman
horserider

Hyponyms

equestrienne

Translations

an equestrian person; one who rides on horseback

Bulgarian: конник m (konnik)
Estonian: ratsutaja
Finnish: ratsastaja (fi)
Ido: kavalkero (io), kavalkisto (io)
Italian: equestre (it) m or f
Latvian: jātnieks m
Norwegian: rytter (no) m

Portuguese: equestre (pt) m or f
Russian: нае́здник (ru) m (najézdnik), нае́здница (ru) f (najézdnica), вса́дник (ru) m (vsádnik), вса́дница (ru) f (vsádnica)
Scottish Gaelic: marcach
Serbo-Croatian: коњаник m (konjanik)
Swedish: ryttare (sv) c, ryttarinna (sv) f
Thai: นักขี่ม้า (nák-kìi-máa)