equestrian
adjective /ɪˈkwestriən/
/ɪˈkwestriən/
[usually before noun]- connected with riding horses, especially as a sport
enlarge image- equestrian events at the Olympic Games
- an equestrian statue/portrait (= one of a person on a horse)
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEquestrian is used with these nouns:- portrait
- sport
- statue
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin equester ‘belonging to a horseman’ (from eques ‘horseman, knight’, from equus ‘horse’) + -ian.
