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rider
[ rahy-der ]
noun
- 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.
rider
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- 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
- 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
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.
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- İ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
He’s just a very intelligent, manageable, smart, ratable kind of horse that will do anything his rider tells him to do.
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.
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.
As in Ryder, as in a tour rider, as in the goodies a musician expects in their dressing room.
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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