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rider

//ˈɹaɪ̯.dəː//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for rider

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Forms

Plural
riders

Definitions

  1. 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. 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. 3.Technical senses.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4412

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

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Etymology

From Middle English ryder, ridere, from Late Old English rīdere (“rider, knight”).

Compare Dutch rijder, German Reiter.

By surface analysis, ride + -er.

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