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rider(1) (iou)



rider noun. LOE.
[from RIDE verb + -ER1.]
I.
a. A mounted warrior, a knight. Long arch. LOE.
b. A mounted bandit or raider, formerly spec., in the Scottish Borders in the 16th and 17th cents.; a moss-trooper. M16.
gen. A person who rides, esp. a person riding a horse, mule, camel, elephant, etc., or a cycle. Freq. with specifying word. ME.
boundary-rider, dispatch-rider, stock-rider, etc.
b. Scots Law. A creditor having a claim on a person who in turn is claiming in a multiplepoinding. E19.
c. A passenger, esp. on public transport. Chiefly N. Amer. L19.
A forest ranger. LME-E18.
Hist. A gold coin of Flanders and the Netherlands having a horseman on its obverse. Also, a gold coin current in Scotland during the 15th and 16th cents. LME.
a. A riding master; a horse trainer. M16-L17.
b. A jockey. L18.
A commercial traveller. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
A horse (of a specified kind) for riding on. M19.
II.
In pl. An additional set of timbers or iron plates used to strengthen the frame of a ship etc. internally or externally. E17.
a. Mining. = HORSE noun 10a. M17.
b. Geology. A thin seam of coal or deposit of ore overlying a principal seam or lode. L19.
a. An additional clause or codicil amending or supplementing a drafted document; esp. an addition or amendment attached to a legislative bill at its final reading. M17.
b. A corollary from or addition to something said or written; a qualification, a provision. E19.
c. A subsidiary question in an examination (orig. esp. in mathematics). M19.
d. An additional fee paid in kind to a performer etc., usu. in the form of food and drink. Also, a supplementary clause in a performer etc.'s contract specifying particular requirements for accommodation, food, drink, etc. M19.
e. A recommendation or comment added by the jury to a judicial verdict. L19.
Any of various objects, components, machine parts, etc., surmounting, bridging, or working on or over others. E18.
Ophthalmology. Each of a set of opaque lines extending radially outward from the main disc of a cataract. L19.
Phrases etc.: easy rider: see EASY adjective. rough-rider: see ROUGH adjective. stake and rider (fence): see STAKE noun1.
rideress noun (rare) a female rider, a horsewoman M19.
riderless adjective M19.
ridership noun (a) a rangership; (b) (orig. N. Amer.) the number of passengers using a particular form of public transport: LME.