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rider

ri·der

UK/ˈɹaɪ̯.dəː/ US/ˈɹʷaɪ̯dəː/ fairly common us

noun

1.

a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)

2.

a clause that is appended to a legislative bill

3.

a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle)

4.

a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

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Origin

* As an English surname, from the noun rider. * Also as an English surname, from Old English rēodan (“to clear out”), from Proto-West Germanic *reudan. Compare Reeder. * Also as an English surname, from dialectal rithe (“small stream”). * As an Irish surname, calque from Irish ó marcaigh (“descendant of the (horse)rider”). This is also found directly in Markey. * As a German surname, Americanized from Reiter.

Phrases

  • batty rider
  • black rider
  • boundary rider
  • butt rider
  • camel rider
  • circuit rider
  • coffin rider
  • dispatch rider

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