Equites

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Equites \Eq"ui*tes\n. pl [L., pl. of eques a horseman.] (Rom.
     Antiq.)
     An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate
     and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.
     [1913 Webster]