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equitant

The English word “equitant” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

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

Etymology

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

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