jinete
Sign in to saveright|thumb|Jinetes skirmish at the Battle of Higueruela, 1431 Jinete () is Spanish for "horseman", especially in the context of light cavalry.
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- equestrianism
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- female form of label
- xinete
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- Etymology
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- Contemporary usage
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right|thumb|Jinetes skirmish at the Battle of Higueruela, 1431 Jinete () is Spanish for "horseman", especially in the context of light cavalry.
==Etymology== The word jinete designates, in Castilian and the Provençal dialect of Occitan language, those who show great skill and riding especially if this relates to their work. In Portuguese, it is spelled ginete. The term jennet for a small Spanish horse has the same source.
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