camelestrian
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of camel + equestrian
Noun
[edit]camelestrian (plural camelestrians)
- A person who rides a camel.
- 1849, William Starbuck Mayo, chapter 34, in Kaloolah[1], New York: Putnam, pages 309–310:
- Both were mounted upon camels. One, perched upon his high and narrow saddle, with his feet upon the animal’s neck, after the usual manner of “camelestrians.”
- 1856, Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, The Sweet South, London: Printed for Private Circulation: Volume 2, Chapter 14, p. 173,[2]
- We met several camelestrians on our road, and horsemen and assmen; and the scenery in many parts was very pretty.
Adjective
[edit]camelestrian (not comparable)
- Of camel riding or camel riders.
- 1923, Frank George Carpenter, Cairo to Kisumu[3], Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, page 171:
- In Khedive Avenue [Khartoum] […] is a statue by E. Onslow Ford, of General Gordon on an Indian camel. So far as I know this is the world’s only camelestrian statue.