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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

hippodromos

, Gr. [GREEK];

ἵπποσ

horse + [GREEK] course, fr. [GREEK] to run: cf. F.

hippodrome

(Gr. Antiq.)

A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.

An arena for equestrian performances; a circus.

Noun.

[Gr. a horse, and a course, to run.] Anciently, a circus, or place in which horse races and chariot races were performed, and horses exercised.