English Explanatory Dictionary

eques

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

eques equites

Etymology

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

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