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equestrian
English
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin equester (“of or pertaining to equestrians/cavalry”) + -ianus (“-ian, related to”, adjective marker), from equus (“horse”).
Adjective
equestrian (comparative more equestrian, superlative most equestrian)
- Of horseback riding or horseback riders.
- They were an equestrian people.
- After his death an equestrian statue was created.
- (historical) Of or relating to the ancient Roman class of equites.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
equestrian (plural equestrians)
- One who rides a horse.
- Synonyms: horseman, horserider
- (historical) Synonym of eques
Hyponyms
- equestrienne
Translations
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jockey
English
Etymology
The word is by origin a diminutive of jock, the Northern English or Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name John, which is also used generically for "boy" or "fellow" (compare Jack, Dick), at least since 1529. A familiar instance of the use of the word as a name is in "Jockey of Norfolk" in Shakespeare's Richard III. v. 3, 304. Equivalent to jock +? -ey.
In the 16th and 17th centuries the word was applied to horse-dealers, postilions, itinerant minstrels and vagabonds, and thus frequently bore the meaning of a cunning trickster, a "sharp", whence the verb to jockey, "to outwit" or "to do" a person out of something. The current meaning of a person who rides a horse in races was first seen in 1670.
Another possible origin is the Gaelic word eachaidhe, a "horseman" (pronounced YACH-ee-yuh in late medieval times, with the ch pronounced as in German). The Irish name Eochaid (YO-ked) is related to each (yek) "horse" and is usually translated as "horse rider". This is phonetically very similar to jockey. More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockey#Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d??ki/
- Rhymes: -?ki
Noun
jockey (plural jockeys)
- One who rides racehorses competitively.
- That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
- An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
- (dated) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
- 1841, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Warren Hastings
- /: the selling of an unsound horse for a sound price is regarded by a Yorkshire jockey
- (dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
- (Britain, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
- (Ireland, crime, slang) A rapist.
Synonyms
- (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's client
Derived terms
Translations
References
- Eric Partridge (2007) , “jockey”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, ?ISBN
Verb
jockey (third-person singular simple present jockeys, present participle jockeying, simple past and past participle jockeyed)
- To ride (a horse) in a race.
- To jostle by riding against.
- They were jockeying for position toward the end of the race.
- To maneuver (something) by skill for one's advantage.
- To cheat or trick.
Derived terms
- jockey for position
Translations
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?jok?ei?/, [?jo?k?e?i?]
Noun
jockey
- jockey (rider)
Declension
French
Etymology
From English jockey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.k?/
Noun
jockey m (plural jockeys)
- jockey
Further reading
- “jockey” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
jockey m (invariable)
- jack, knave (playing card)
- jockey
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English jockey
Noun
jockey m (definite singular jockeyen, indefinite plural jockeyer, definite plural jockeyene)
- a jockey (horse racing)
References
- “jockey” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English jockey
Noun
jockey m (definite singular jockeyen, indefinite plural jockeyar, definite plural jockeyane)
- a jockey (horse racing)
References
- “jockey” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Alternative forms
- yóquey
Noun
jockey m (plural jockeys or jockey)
- jockey
- (Chile) baseball cap
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