rider

From Middle English ryder, from Late Old English rīder; equivalent to ride +‎ -er.

• (UK) enPR: rī'də(r), IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪdə(ɹ)/
• (US) enPR: rī'dər, IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪdɚ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪdə(r)

rider (plural riders)

1. One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle.
2. (politics) A provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill.
3. (by extension) Something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
   • A. S. Hardy

     This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer.

4. An amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements.
5. (insurance) An additional benefit attached to an insurance contract.
6. A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights.
7. (Britain, archaic) An agent who goes out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller.
8. (obsolete) One who breaks in or manages a horse.

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9. (cartomancy) The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.
10. (mathematics) A problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
11. An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
    • J. Fletcher

      His mouldy money! half a dozen riders.

12. (mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
13. (shipbuilding) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen the frame.

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14. (nautical) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
15. A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.
16. (obsolete, Britain, dialectal) A robber.

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17. (chess) A piece, such as the rook or bishop, which moves any distance in one direction, as long as no other piece is in the way.

• allonge
• driver
• germane
• passenger

• direr, drier, reird

rider c

1. plural indefinite of ride

rider

1. present of ride

From Middle French rider, from Old French rider (“to wrinkle”), from Old High German rīdan, wrīdan (“to turn; twist; wind; wring; wind up; wrench”), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to turn; wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to turn”), from *wer- (“to turn”). Cognate with German reiden (“to turn; tie up; lace”). More at writhe.

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.de/

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rider

1. (transitive, intransitive) to wrinkle

• “rider” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from English ride.

• IPA^(key): /raj.de/

rider

1. (Louisiana, Cajun French) to ride

rider

1. to laugh

• surrider

rider

1. Alternative form of ryder

From rîden (“ride”), from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną. Cognate with English rider and German Reiter (“rider”).

• IPA^(key): /riːðər/

rîder

1. a rider

rider

1. present of ride

rider m (plural rideres)

1. rider, biker (motorcyclist)

rider

1. present tense of rida.