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Definition of Riderless
1. a. Having no rider; as, a riderless horse.
Definition of Riderless
1. Adjective. Without or deprived of a rider. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Riderless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riderless
Literary usage of Riderless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mothers and Men: A Book of Poems by Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer (1916)
"... THE riderless HORSE CLOSE ranks and ride on ! Though his saddle be bare, The
bullet is sped, Now the dead Cannot care. Close ranks and ride on ! ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"The sight of the riderless animal spread dismay and fury among the Swedes ; but
before they could advance to his rescue, a party of Croats had thrown ..."
3. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"A cry of the wildest death-anguish Rang faint through the mist afar, And the
riderless mule went homeward From the light of the Paso del Маг. ..."
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