rider

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English

Etymology

From Middle English ryder, ridere, from Late Old English rīdere (“rider, knight”). Compare Dutch rijder, German Reiter. By surface analysis, ride +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rī'də(r), IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.də(ɹ)/, [ˈɹ̠aɪdə(ɹ̠)]
• (General American) enPR: rī'dər, IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.dəɹ/, [ˈɹ̠aɪɾɚ]
  • (Inland Northern American) IPA^(key): [ˈɹ̠äɪɾɚ]
• (General Australian) enPR: rī'də(r), IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑɪ.də(ɹ)/, [ˈɹ̠ʷɑe̯də(ɹʷ)]
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.dəɹ/, [ˈɹ̠aɪɾ(ə)ɹ̠]
  • (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌɪ.dəɹ/, [ˈɹ̠əjɾ(ə)ɹ̠]
• Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)
• Homophone: writer (with flapping but without Canadian raising)

Noun

rider (plural riders)

1. A mounted person.
   1. (now archaic or historical) A knight, or other mounted warrior. [from 11th c.]
   2. An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it. [from 14th c.]
   3. (generally) Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc. [from 14th c.]
   4. (now historical or archaic) A mounted robber; a bandit, especially in the Scottish borders. [from 16th c.]
   5. (obsolete) Someone who breaks in or manages a horse; a riding master. [16th–17th c.]
   6. (now rare, historical) An agent who goes out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller or travelling salesman. [from 18th c.]
      • 1790, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journal 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 70:

        I set out with a Paisley manufacturer and a London rider, the latter of whom I envied for his smartness and self-complacency.

   8. (now chiefly US) Someone riding in a vehicle; a passenger on public transport. [from 19th c.]
   9. (sports) A boarder, a person who rides a board in boardsports.
      1. (sports) A skateboarder
      2. (sports) A snowboarder
2. An addition, supplement.
   1. (politics) A supplementary clause added to a document after drafting, especially to a bill under the consideration of a legislature. [from 17th c.]
   2. An amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements. [from 20th c.]
   3. An additional matter or question arising in corollary; a qualification. [from 19th c.]
   4. A supplementary question, now especially in mathematics. [from 19th c.]
   5. (insurance) An add-on to an insurance policy.
3. Technical senses.
   1. (shipbuilding) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen the frame. [from 17th c.]
   2. (mining, now rare) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it. [from 17th c.]
   3. (nautical, in the plural) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold. [from 19th c.]
   4. A small, sliding piece of thin metal on a balance, used to determine small weights. [from 19th c.]
   5. (cartomancy) The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.
   6. (chess) A piece, such as the rook or bishop, which moves any distance in one direction, as long as no other piece is in the way.

Synonyms

• (mounted person): horseman

Coordinate terms

• (attached information): allonge, attachment
• (mounted person): driver, passenger

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• (mounted person): mountie

Anagrams

• direr, drier, reird

Danish

Noun

rider c

1. indefinite plural of ride

Verb

rider

1. present of ride

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French rider, from Old French rider (“to wrinkle”), from Old High German rīdan, wrīdan (“to turn; twist; wind; wring; wind up; wrench”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan (“to turn, twist”). Cognate with German reiden (“to turn; tie up; lace”). More at writhe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.de/

Verb

rider

1. (ambitransitive) to wrinkle
2. to ripple

Conjugation

Further reading

• “rider”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ride.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁaj.de/

Verb

rider

1. (Louisiana, Cajun) to ride

Conjugation

Interlingua

Verb

rider

1. to laugh

Related terms

• surrider

Middle English

Noun

rider

1. alternative form of ryder

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rider (“to wrinkle”), from Old High German rīdan (“to turn; twist”).

Verb

rider

1. to wrinkle

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: rider

Middle Low German

Etymology

From the verb rîden (“ride”). Cognate with English rider and German Reiter (“rider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːðər/

Noun

rîder

1. a rider

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rider

1. present of ride

Spanish

Noun

rider m (plural rideres)

1. rider, biker (motorcyclist)

Swedish

Verb

rider

1. present indicative of rida

Anagrams

• dirre