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rider

[ rahy-der ]

noun

  1. a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
  2. something that rides.
  3. an additional clause, usually unrelated to the main body, attached to a legislative bill in passing it.
  4. an addition or amendment to a document, testament, etc.
  5. any object or device that straddles, is mounted upon, or is attached to something else.
  6. a rail or stake used to brace the corners in a snake fence.
  7. Shipbuilding. any of various members following and reinforcing primary framing members, especially a plate or timber running along the top of a keel.
  8. Numismatics.
    1. a former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1475, whose obverse bears an equestrian figure of the king.
    2. any of several gold or silver coins of the Netherlands bearing the figure of a horseman.


rider

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that rides, esp a person who rides a horse, a bicycle, or a motorcycle
  2. an additional clause, amendment, or stipulation added to a legal or other document, esp (in Britain) a legislative bill at its third reading
  3. a statement made by a jury in addition to its verdict, such as a recommendation for mercy
  4. any of various objects or devices resting on, surmounting, or strengthening something else
  5. a small weight that can be slid along one arm of a chemical balance to make fine adjustments during weighing
  6. geology a thin seam, esp of coal or mineral ore, overlying a thicker seam
“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

rider

  1. 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.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • İ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rider1

before 1100; Middle English ridere, Old English. See ride, -er 1
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He’s just a very intelligent, manageable, smart, ratable kind of horse that will do anything his rider tells him to do.

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The big race is due off at 16:00 BST, with runners and riders negotiating 30 fences - including Becher's Brook, The Chair and Canal Turn - over four and a quarter miles.

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He was considered one of the leading contenders for the 2024 National and was sent off at odds of 10-1 but dwelt at the start and unseated rider Brian Hayes at The Chair.

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As in Ryder, as in a tour rider, as in the goodies a musician expects in their dressing room.

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Along a tarmac street, a speeding motorcycle comes under a hail of bullets and suddenly flips over throwing off its rider.

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