Definition of Night rider

1. Noun. Member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge.

Exact synonyms: Nightrider
Generic synonyms: Aggressor, Assailant, Assaulter, Attacker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Night Rider

night latch
night letter
night light
night lizard
night lizards
night myopia
night night
night out
night owl
night owls
night pain
night people
night person
night porter
night raven
night rider (current term)
night school
night schools
night shift
night sight
night snake
night soil
night soil man
night soil men
night stick
night sweats
night terror
night terrors
night vision
night watch

Literary usage of Night rider

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Messages and Documents of J. Frank Hanly: Governor of Indiana, January 9 by James Frank Hanly, Indiana Governor (1905-1909 : Hanly) (1909)
"... and to the Senate all documents and information in his possession relative to the 'night rider' situation," has been received and given consideration. ..."

2. Treasure and trouble therewith: A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner (1917)
"... CHAPTER XIV THE night rider FEBRUARY had been a month of tremendous rains. Days of downpour were succeeded by days of leaden skies and damp, ..."

3. Readings on American State Government by Paul Samuel Reinsch (1911)
"So far only two men, I believe, have been convicted of night-rider crimes, each receiving a sentence of only one year, but victims of these outrages have ..."

4. Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the by American Bar Association (1909)
"... or even admission that he was a night rider or a night rider sympathizer. So far, only two men, I believe, have been convicted of night rider crimes, ..."

5. Journal by Indiana General Assembly. Senate, Indiana, General Assembly, United States Congress Senate (1908)
"... J. Frank Hanly, Governor of the State of Indiana: For your information with reference to the night rider situation in Southern Indiana, ..."

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