Nearby Words

riders

[rahy-der] Origin

rid·er

[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.
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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.
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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Origin:
before 1100; Middle English ridere, Old English. See ride, -er1

rid·er·less, adjective
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Riders is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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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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