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equitant

equitant adjective: mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.

Adjective

equitant (not comparable)

  1. Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
  2. Overlapping at the base.

Origin of equitant

From Latin equitans, equitantis, present participle of equitō (“to ride on horseback”), from eques (“horseman”), from equus (“horse”).

Words formed from equitant

Questions about equitant

What does equitant mean?
Equitant means mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
What part of speech is equitant?
Equitant is an adjective.

Words near equitant in the dictionary

  1. equitable
  2. equitable tolling
  3. equitableness
  4. equitably
  5. equitangential
  6. equitant
  7. equitantly
  8. equitation
  9. equitations
  10. equitaur
  11. equitaurs

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