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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.
EXPANDany 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.
COLLAPSENumismatics.
a.
a former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1475, whose obverse bears an equestrian figure of the king.
b.
any of several gold or silver coins of the Netherlands bearing the figure of a horseman.
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Riders
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
rider
"one who rides," O.E. ridere, from ride (q.v.). Meaning "clause tacked on to a document after first draft" is from 1669.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Cultural Dictionary
rider definition
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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