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Equestrian vs Horseman - What's the difference?

equestrian | horseman |

As nouns the difference between equestrian and horseman

is that equestrian is an equestrian person; a horserider while horseman is a man who rides a horse.

As an adjective equestrian

is of horseback riding or horseback riders.

equestrian

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of horseback riding or horseback riders
  • They were an equestrian people.
    After his death an equestrian statue was created.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an equestrian person; a horserider
  • Hyponyms

    * equestrienne

    Derived terms

    * equestrianism

    horseman

    English

    (wikipedia horseman) (Ocypoda) (Eques)

    Noun

    (horsemen)
  • A man who rides a horse.
  • A soldier on horseback.
  • A man skilled in horsemanship.
  • (UK, agriculture, obsolete) A man in charge of work horses.
  • A swift-running land crab of the genus , living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies.
  • A West Indian fish of the genus ).
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