equestrienne

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English

Etymology

From equestrian +‎ -ienne.[1]

Noun

equestrienne (plural equestriennes)

  1. (dated) A female equestrian.
    Synonym: equestrianess (dated, rare)
    Hypernym: equestrian
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 185:
      Were she but the daring equestrienne jumping through the flaming hoops, little it would matter to her if her gauzy skirts did catch.

References

  1. ^ “equestrienne, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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