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Equestrian comes from equus, Latin for "horse". Old statues of military heroes, like the famous one of General Sherman on New York's Fifth Avenue, are frequently equestrian. In these sculptures the man always sits nobly upright on a horse, but the horse's stance varies; depending on whether the rider was killed in battle or survived, was victorious or defeated, the horse traditionally stands with four, three, or two hooves on the ground. Equestrian statues have been popular through the centuries, because until the 20th century almost every officer in Europe and America was trained in equestrian skills and combat.
Examples of equestrian in a Sentence
Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
Owners with large animals were advised to take them to an equestrian center in Woodland Hills.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
Emy Lacroix, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Each day brought a new excursion, and as a lifelong equestrian, one of my trip highlights was horseback riding.
—Sable Massingill Martinez, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Equestrian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equestrian. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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equestrian
1 of 2 adjective
equestrian
2 of 2 noun
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