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English
Etymology
Blend of camel + equestrian
Noun
camelestrian (plural camelestrians)
- A person who rides a camel.
1849, William Starbuck Mayo, chapter 34, in Kaloolah, New York: Putnam, pages 309–310:Both were mounted upon camels. One, perched upon his high and narrow saddle, with his feet upon the animal’s neck, after the usual manner of “camelestrians.”
- 1856, Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, The Sweet South, London: Printed for Private Circulation: Volume 2, Chapter 14, p. 173,
- We met several camelestrians on our road, and horsemen and assmen; and the scenery in many parts was very pretty.
Adjective
camelestrian (not comparable)
- Of camel riding or camel riders.
1923, Frank George Carpenter, Cairo to Kisumu, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, page 171:In Khedive Avenue is a statue by E. Onslow Ford, of General Gordon on an Indian camel. So far as I know this is the world’s only camelestrian statue.