camelestrian

English

Etymology

Blend of camel +‎ equestrian

Noun

camelestrian (plural camelestrians)

  1. A person who rides a camel.
    • 1849, William Starbuck Mayo, chapter 34, in Kaloolah‎, 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,
      We met several camelestrians on our road, and horsemen and assmen; and the scenery in many parts was very pretty.

Adjective

camelestrian (not comparable)

  1. Of camel riding or camel riders.
    • 1923, Frank George Carpenter, Cairo to Kisumu‎, 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.
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