rider
//ˈɹaɪ̯.dəː//
Forms
- Plural
- riders
Definitions
1.A mounted person.
- His mouldy money! half a dozen riders.
- They are taught their mannage, and to that end Riders deerely hir'd.
- BMX rider Saya Sakakibara is all too aware of the risks of her chosen profession.
2.An addition, supplement.
- This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer.
- I had sixteen nudity riders to sign and having Jean, our intimacy coordinator, Jean Franzblau, was absolutely pivotal to being able to do this.
- But they would hush momentarily for the farce, specially if billed with the grand rider: 'licensed by the Lord Chamberlain expressly for this theatre'.
3.Technical senses.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4412
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English ryder, ridere, from Late Old English rīdere (“rider, knight”).
Compare Dutch rijder, German Reiter.
By surface analysis, ride + -er.