Wikepedia上这样描述:As a military term, jinete (also spelled ginete or genitour) means a Spanish light horseman armed with a javelin, sword and a shield, a troop type developed in the early Middle Ages in response to the massed light cavalry of the Moors.
翻译过来就是:在中世纪早期,为了应对摩尔人的大量轻骑兵,西班牙人发展的轻骑兵,他们带着标枪、长剑和盾。