rider

[rahy-der] /ˈraɪ dər/
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.
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.
  1. a former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1475, whose obverse bears an equestrian figure of the king.
  2. any of several gold or silver coins of the Netherlands bearing the figure of a horseman.
Origin
before 1100; Middle English ridere, Old English. See ride, -er1
Related forms
riderless, adjective
Examples from the web for rider
  • First and the biggest is a simple free rider problem, as mentioned shortly in the article.
  • In theory, this approach is subject to a free-rider problem.
  • And when something goes wrong for the novice rider, it tends to go spectacularly wrong.
  • The free rider and moral hazard problems are large enough to justify it.
  • He leaps into the abyss with his rider-and the lion is left in the lurch.
  • The help of neurosis is as a rule no kinder to the rider.
  • He was a fierce rider, and as much at home in the saddle as in his study-chair.
  • The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive neck, whichever way the rider indicates.
  • Each transaction has a rider fee on it to cover the costs and wear of the equipment.
  • Its gimmick is that each rider gets to pick her own tune to ride by.
British Dictionary definitions for rider

rider

/ˈraɪdə/
noun
1.
a person or thing that rides, esp a person who rides a horse, a bicycle, or a motorcycle
2.
an additional clause, amendment, or stipulation added to a legal or other document, esp (in Britain) a legislative bill at its third reading
3.
(Brit) a statement made by a jury in addition to its verdict, such as a recommendation for mercy
4.
any of various objects or devices resting on, surmounting, or strengthening something else
5.
a small weight that can be slid along one arm of a chemical balance to make fine adjustments during weighing
6.
(geology) a thin seam, esp of coal or mineral ore, overlying a thicker seam
Derived Forms
riderless, adjective
Word Origin and History for rider
n.

"one who rides," Old English ridere "rider, trooper, knight, mounted warrior," agent noun from ride (v.). Meaning "clause tacked on to a document after first draft" is from 1660s. Related: Riderless.

rider in Culture

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.

Slang definitions & phrases for rider

rider

Related Terms

bareback rider, free-rider, joy-rider, low rider, sleighrider