English > equestrian: 3 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A man skilled in equitation. |
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| Synonyms | horseman, horseback rider |
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| Narrower | buster, bronco buster, broncobuster | A person who breaks horses |
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| fox hunter | A mounted hunter who follows the hounds in pursuit of a fox |
| horsewoman | A woman horseman |
| jockey | someone employed to ride horses in horse races |
| picador | The horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low |
| postilion, postillion | someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman) |
| roughrider | A horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle |
| Broader | rider | A traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel) |
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| Spanish | cabalgador, caballero, caballista, ecuestre, jinete |
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| Catalan | cavaller, genet, joquei |
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| Adjectives | equestrian | of or relating to or featuring horseback riding |
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