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Webster 1913 Edition

Rider

Rid′er

(rīd′ẽr)
,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, rides.
2.
Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.
[Eng.]
3.
One who breaks or manages a horse.
Shak.
4.
An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
After the third reading, a foolish man stood up to propose a
rider
.
Macaulay.
This [question] was a
rider
which Mab found difficult to answer.
A. S. Hardy.
5.
(Math.)
A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
6.
[D.
rijder
.]
A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
His moldy money ! half a dozen
riders
.
J. Fletcher.
7.
(Mining)
Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
8.
(Shipbuilding)
An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship’s hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.
Totten.
9.
(Naut.)
The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
10.
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.
11.
A robber.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Drummond.
Rider's bone
(Med.)
,
a bony deposit in the muscles of the upper and inner part of the thigh, due to the pressure and irritation caused by the saddle in riding.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rider

RI'DER

, n.
1.
One who is borne on a horse or other beast, or in a vehicle.
2.
One who breaks or manages a horse.
3.
The matrix of an ore.
4.
An inserted leaf or an additional clause, as to a bill in parliament.
5.
In ship building, a short of interior rib fixed occasionally in a ships's hold, opposite to some of the timbers to which they are bolted, and reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.

Definition 2024

Rider

Rider

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English

Proper noun

Rider

  1. A surname​. More often spelled Ryder.

Anagrams

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English

Noun

rider ‎(plural riders)

  1. One who rides, often a horse or 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. A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights
  6. (Britain, archaic) An agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller.
  7. (obsolete) One who breaks in or manages a horse.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
  8. (mathematics) A problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
  9. 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.
  10. (mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
  11. (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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
  12. (nautical) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
  13. 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.
  14. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A robber.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Drummond to this entry?)

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Danish

Noun

rider c

  1. plural indefinite of ride

Verb

rider

  1. present tense of ride

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ride/

Verb

rider

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to wrinkle

Conjugation

Interlingua

Verb

rider

  1. to laugh

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Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riːðər/

Etymology

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

Noun

rîder

  1. a rider

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rider

  1. present tense of ride

Spanish

Noun

rider m ‎(plural riders)

  1. rider, biker (motorcyclist)

Swedish

Verb

rider

  1. present tense of rida.

Etymology

From rider

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