The sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements.
synonyms: equitation, horseback riding.
Roget 266:
travel;
traveling
etc.
v..
wayfaring,
campaigning.
journey,
excursion,
expedition,
tour,
trip,
grand tour,
circuit,
peregrination,
discursion†,
ramble,
pilgrimage,
hajj,
trek,
course,
ambulation†,
march,
walk,
promenade,
constitutional,
stroll,
saunter,
tramp,
jog trot,
turn,
stalk,
perambulation;
noctambulation†,
noctambulism;
somnambulism;
outing,
ride,
drive,
airing,
jaunt.
equitation,
horsemanship,
riding,
manege [Fr.],
ride and tie;
basophobia†.
roving,
vagrancy,
pererration†;
marching and countermarching;
nomadism;
vagabondism,
vagabondage;
hoboism [U.S.];
gadding;
flit,
flitting,
migration;
emigration,
immigration,
demigration†,
intermigration†;
wanderlust.
plan,
itinerary,
guide;
handbook,
guidebook,
road book;
Baedeker†,
Bradshaw,
Murray;
map,
road map,
transportation guide,
subway map.
procession,
cavalcade,
caravan,
file,
cortege,
column.
[Organs and instruments of locomotion]
vehicle
etc.
272;
automobile,
train,
bus,
airplane,
plane,
autobus,
omnibus,
subway,
motorbike,
dirt bike,
off-road vehicle,
van,
minivan,
motor scooter,
trolley,
locomotive;
legs,
feet,
pegs,
pins,
trotters.
traveler
etc.
268.
depot [U.S.],
railway station,
station.
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Roget 737a:
government,
legal authority,
soveriegn,
sovereign authority;
authority
etc.
737;
master
etc.
745;
direction
etc.
693.
[nations]
national government,
nation,
state,
country,
nation-state,
dominion,
republic,
empire,
union,
democratic republic;
kingdom,
principality.
[subdivisions of nations]
state government [Lat.],
state;
shire [Brit.];
province [Can.];
county [Ire.];
canton [Switz.];
territory [Austral.];
duchy,
archduchy,
archdukedom†;
woiwodshaft;
commonwealth;
region
etc.
181;
property
etc.
780.
[smaller subdivisions]
county,
parish
city,
domain,
tract,
arrondissement [Fr.],
mofussil†,
commune;
wappentake,
hundred,
riding,
lathe,
garth†,
soke†,
tithing;
ward,
precinct,
bailiwick.
command,
empire,
sway,
rule;
dominion,
domination;
sovereignty,
supremacy,
suzerainty;
lordship,
headship†;
chiefdom†;
seigniory,
seigniority†.
rule,
sway,
command,
control,
administer;
govern
etc.
(direct)
693;
lead,
preside over,
reign,
possess the throne,
be seated on the throne,
occupy the throne;
sway the scepter,
wield the scepter;
wear the crown.
state,
realm,
body politic,
posse comitatus [Lat.].
[person in the governing authority]
judicature
etc.
965;
cabinet
etc.
(council)
696;
seat of government,
seat of authority;
headquarters.
[Acquisition of authority]
accession;
installation
etc.
755;
politics
etc.
737.1.
reign,
regime,
dynasty;
directorship,
dictatorship;
protectorate,
protectorship;
caliphate,
pashalic†,
electorate;
presidency,
presidentship†;
administration;
proconsul,
consulship;
prefecture;
seneschalship;
magistrature†,
magistracy.
monarchy;
kinghood†,
kingship;
royalty,
regality;
aristarchy†,
aristocracy;
oligarchy,
democracy,
theocracy,
demagogy;
commonwealth;
dominion;
heteronomy;
republic,
republicanism;
socialism;
collectivism;
mob law,
mobocracy†,
ochlocracy†;
vox populi,
imperium in imperio [Lat.];
bureaucracy;
beadledom†,
bumbledom†;
stratocracy;
military power,
military government,
junta;
feodality†,
feudal system,
feudalism.
thearchy†,
theocracy,
dinarchy†;
duarchy†,
triarchy,
heterarchy†;
duumvirate;
triumvirate;
autocracy,
autonomy;
limited monarchy;
constitutional government,
constitutional monarchy;
home rule;
representative government;
monocracy†,
pantisocracy†.
gynarchy†,
gynocracy†,
gynaeocracy†;
petticoat government.
[government functions]
legislature,
judiciary,
administration.
[Government agencies and institutions]
office of the president,
office of the prime minister,
cabinet;
senate,
house of representatives,
parliament;
council
etc.
696;
courts,
supreme court;
[U.S. national government departments],
state,
interior,
labor,
health and human services,
defense,
education,
agriculture,
justice,
commerce,
treasury;
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
FBI;
Central Intelligence Agency,
CIA;
National Institutes of Health,
NIH;
Postal Service,
Post Office;
Federal Aviation Administration,
FAA.
[national government officials]
president,
vice president,
cabinet member,
prime minister,
minister;
senator,
representatative,
president pro tem [Lat.],
speaker of the house;
department head,
section head,
section chief;
federal judge,
justice,
justice of the supreme court,
chief justice;
treasurer,
secretary of the treasury;
director of the FBI.
[state government officials]
governor,
state cabinet member;
state senator,
assemblyman,
assemblywoman.
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Dutch: rijkunst, paardrijden, paardensport, paardesport, ruitersport
Polish: jazda konna