Camelestrian
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Camelestrian is a noun meaning A person who rides a camel.
Meaning
A person who rides a camel.
More Meanings
- Of camel riding or camel riders.
Example Sentences
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.”
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.
1856, Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, The Sweet South, London: Printed for Private Circulation: Volume 2, Chapter 14, p. 173, We met several camelestrians on our road, and horsemen and assmen; and the scenery in many parts was very pretty.
Word Forms
- camelestrians
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include camel, dromedarian, dromedary, cameleopard, camelid, cameloid.
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