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camelestrian

camelestrian noun: a person who rides a camel.

Noun

camelestrian (plural camelestrians)

  1. A person who rides a camel.
    • 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.”1849, William Starbuck Mayo, chapter 34, in Kaloolah, New York: Putnam, pages 309–310
    • We met several camelestrians on our road, and horsemen and assmen; and the scenery in many parts was very pretty.1856, Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, The Sweet South, London: Printed for Private Circulation: Volume 2, Chapter 14, p. 173

Adjective

camelestrian (not comparable)

  1. Of camel riding or camel riders.
    • In Khedive Avenue [Khartoum] […] 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.1923, Frank George Carpenter, Cairo to Kisumu, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, page 171

Forms of camelestrian

pluralcamelestrians

Origin of camelestrian

Blend of camel + equestrian.

Questions about camelestrian

What does camelestrian mean?
Camelestrian means a person who rides a camel.
What part of speech is camelestrian?
Camelestrian can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of camelestrian?
The plural of camelestrian is camelestrians.

Words near camelestrian in the dictionary

  1. cameleers
  2. cameleon
  3. cameleons
  4. cameleopard
  5. cameleopards
  6. camelestrian
  7. camelestrians
  8. camelexin
  9. Camelford
  10. camelfucker
  11. camelfuckers

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