Equiphile

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who loves horses.

    "Unless you’re the kind of equiphile who grew up with “Black Beauty” on your shelf, Nir’s personal horse stories can blend together — wait, was Amigo the red quarter horse with the fear of plastic bags, or the chestnut Appaloosa at the Upper West Side training academy?"

Synonyms

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hippophile

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"Unless you’re the kind of equiphile who grew up with “Black Beauty” on your shelf, Nir’s personal horse stories can blend together — wait, was Amigo the red quarter horse with the fear of plastic bags, or the chestnut Appaloosa at the Upper West Side training academy?"

Etymology

From Latin equus (“horse”) + -phile.

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