rider
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
something that rides.
an additional clause, usually unrelated to the main body, attached to a legislative bill in passing it.
an addition or amendment to a document, testament, etc.
any object or device that straddles, is mounted upon, or is attached to something else.
a rail or stake used to brace the corners in a snake fence.
Shipbuilding. any of various members following and reinforcing primary framing members, especially a plate or timber running along the top of a keel.
Numismatics.
a former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1475, whose obverse bears an equestrian figure of the king.
any of several gold or silver coins of the Netherlands bearing the figure of a horseman.
Origin of rider
1Other words from rider
- rid·er·less, adjective
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How to use rider in a sentence
Democrats are up in arms about several policy riders attached to the cromnibus.
Bachmann and Pelosi vs. Boehner and Obama Over Spending Bill | Ben Jacobs | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat morning as he came to see us, he said he counted exactly two riders who looked identifiably Palestinian.
Bicycle riders are prudent to fear being clipped by a passing car.
Ebola, ISIS, the Border: So Much to Fear, So Little Time! | Gene Robinson | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Whew, that guy,” says Jerry wearily, rising to go out front for his set with the New Riders.
Traffic, as anyone who has spent time in these cities easily notices, poses particular threats to riders and pedestrian alike.
It lit up every ridge and hollow for two or three seconds, and showed me four riders tearing up the slope at a high run.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairAs we stepped from behind the rock three riders came into sight on the opposite slope of Lost River.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair"Five riders an' four extra hosses, if I ain't read the sign wrong," Piegan casually remarked.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe pack-horses, with no riders at their heels to guide them, had tangled each other in the connecting-rope and stopped.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairBut the riders whirled along towards Rai Bareilly, and in another quarter of an hour the night would be their best guardian.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for rider
/ (ˈraɪdə) /
a person or thing that rides, esp a person who rides a horse, a bicycle, or a motorcycle
an additional clause, amendment, or stipulation added to a legal or other document, esp (in Britain) a legislative bill at its third reading
British a statement made by a jury in addition to its verdict, such as a recommendation for mercy
any of various objects or devices resting on, surmounting, or strengthening something else
a small weight that can be slid along one arm of a chemical balance to make fine adjustments during weighing
geology a thin seam, esp of coal or mineral ore, overlying a thicker seam
Derived forms of rider
- riderless, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for rider
A provision, usually controversial and unlikely to pass on its own merits, that is attached to a popular bill in the hopes that it will “ride” to passage on the back of the popular bill.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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