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Definition of Rider
1. Noun. A traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel).
Specialized synonyms: Hang Glider, Equestrian, Horseback Rider, Horseman, Pedaler, Pedaller
Derivative terms: Ride
2. Noun. A clause that is appended to a legislative bill.
3. Noun. A traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle).
4. Noun. A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it.
Category relationships: Aeroplane, Airplane, Plane, Boat, Autobus, Bus, Charabanc, Coach, Double-decker, Jitney, Motorbus, Motorcoach, Omnibus, Passenger Vehicle, Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar, Railroad Train, Train
Generic synonyms: Traveler, Traveller
Specialized synonyms: Commuter, Fare, Hitchhiker, Stowaway, Straphanger
Derivative terms: Ride
Definition of Rider
1. n. One who, or that which, rides.
Definition of Rider
1. Proper noun. (surname from=Middle English) More often spelled Ryder. ¹
2. Noun. one who rides, often a horse or motorcycle ¹
3. Noun. (politics) a provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill ¹
4. Noun. an amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements ¹
5. Noun. A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rider
1. one that rides [n -S] - See also: rides
Medical Definition of Rider
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1. One who, or that which, rides.
2. Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.
3. One who breaks or manages a horse.
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)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rider
Literary usage of Rider
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"rider claimed that he included four thousand more words than any previous English
... rider doubtless owed something to the labours of Thomas Thomas [qv], ..."
2. Roughing it by Mark Twain (1913)
"The pony-rider was usually a little bit of a man, brimful of spirit and endurance.
No matter what time of the day or night his watch came on, and no matter ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"When, by turning the rod, c, the rider is lowered, just before it rests upon the
beam, ... 3. the movement, the rider is left hanging free upon the beam. ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"rider. A rider is a bill, order or resolution which is attached to some other
bill or ... In the national government the rider cannot be defeated without ..."
5. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"... on the right, the rider on the white horse armed with the bow, the rider on
the red horse with the sword, and behind them the rider on the black horse ..."
6. Riders of the Purple Sage: A Novel by Zane Grey (1912)
"When Venters rapidly strode toward the Masked rider not even the cold nausea that
gripped him could wholly banish curiosity. ..."
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