equiphile

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noun

One who loves horses.

Similar
hippophile
OriginLatin equus →
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Meanings

nounequiphile (plural equiphiles)

plural equiphiles

  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?

    2020 August 14, Ben Goldfarb, “Birds and Horses and Eels, Oh My! New Books About Animals”, in The New York Times

    Synonyms: hippophile

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who loves horses.

Similar
hippophile
Also see
hippophile

Origin

  1. Latinequus“horse”
  2. Englishequiphile

From Latin equus (“horse”) + -phile.

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APA

equiphile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equiphile

MLA

“equiphile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equiphile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “equiphile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equiphile.

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