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eques

eques noun: a member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of the two aristocratic classes of Ancient Rome, ranking below the patricians.

Noun

eques (plural equites)

  1. (Ancient-Rome, historical) A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of the two aristocratic classes of Ancient Rome, ranking below the patricians.

Forms of eques

pluralequites

Origin of eques

From Latin eques (“horseman, knight; equestrian”).

Questions about eques

What does eques mean?
Eques means a member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of the two aristocratic classes of Ancient Rome, ranking below the patricians.
What part of speech is eques?
Eques is a noun.
What is the plural of eques?
The plural of eques is equites.

Words near eques in the dictionary

  1. equerries
  2. equerry
  3. equerryship
  4. equerryships
  5. equery
  6. eques
  7. equestionnaire
  8. equestionnaires
  9. equestrial
  10. equestrian
  11. equestrian vaulting

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