Equestrian
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The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin equester and equus, "horse".
Horseback riding (or riding in British English)
[edit]Examples of this are:
- Equestrian sports
- Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ancient Rome
- Equestrian statue, a statue of a leader on horseback
- Equestrian nomads, one of various nomadic or semi-nomadic ethnic groups whose culture places special emphasis on horse breeding and riding
- Equestrian at the Summer Olympics, a division of Olympic Games competition
Other
[edit]- The ship Equestrian, used to transport convicts from England to Australia, for example Alfred Dancey.
See also
[edit]- Equestria, Pretoria
- Equestria, the fictional nation in which the television show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and its associated comic books, movies, and novels primarily take place