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^[1], 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,^[2]

     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^[3], 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.