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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Equites

· Eq·ui·tes · IPA
01 n. pl An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.
  1. 1.
    An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.(Rom. Antiq.)