Rider
['raɪdə] or ['raɪdɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a clause that is appended to a legislative bill.
(noun.) a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel).
(noun.) a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle).
Edited by Hugh--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, rides.
(n.) Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.
(n.) One who breaks or manages a horse.
(n.) An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
(n.) A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
(n.) A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
(n.) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
(n.) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.
(n.) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
(n.) A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.
(n.) A robber.
Typist: Shelby
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Equestrian, horseman.[2]. Jockey, postilion.[3]. [England.] Riding-clerk, sample clerk.[4]. Additional clause (to a legislative act).
Typist: Wesley
Examples
- But there was no support for the rider's feet, and the vehicle was propelled by thrusting his feet alternately against the ground. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He did not believe there was a bolder rider in England! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- You wouldn't have thought of saying such mischief if you hadn't been a horse-rider? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- With the other she wants to bolt, and pitch her rider to perdition. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The figures of a horse and rider came slowly through the eddying mist, and came to the side of the mail, where the passenger stood. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I never was much of a walker, or rider either. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- An't you a horse-rider! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- A very decent shot, and there is not a bolder rider in England. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The rider from the chateau, and the horse in a foam, clattered away through the village, and galloped up the stony steep, to the prison on the crag. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Scream not, grey rider of the sable cloud, Thy banquet is prepared! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The tandem rider on the forward seat did the steering and the foot pedaling, and the rear rider operated the motor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We ran round, and there lay the unfortunate rider. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Chief of these is the kick-starter, which enables the rider to start the engine of his machine without mounting it upon a stand or pedaling on the road. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Thus, we have the Rider, the Fink, the Bollman, the Whipple, the Howe, the Jones, the Linville, the McCallum, Towne's lattice and other systems. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This placed the weight of the rider more directly over the drive wheel, and was known as the vertical fork. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Robert Jordan sunk his elbows into the ground and looked along the barrel at the four riders stopped there in the snow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There was no speaking among the string of riders. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I'm sorry to interfere with your plans,' said Bitzer, shaking his head, 'but I can't allow myself to be done by horse-riders. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But the horse-riders never mind what they say, sir; they're famous for it. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- For a moment the black line held, but only for a moment--then the fearsome beasts that bore equally terrible riders passed completely through it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I must have young Mr. Tom; he mustn't be got away by horse-riders; here he is in a smock frock, and I must have him! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Nay, but I must see the riders, answered Wamba; perhaps they are come from Fairy-land with a message from King Oberon. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Other mules had arrived not long before, some with peasant riders and some with goods, and had trodden the snow about the door into a pool of mud. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The steeds of these attendants were in appearance as foreign as their riders. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You know the horse-riders are famous for never minding what they say,' addressing Sissy. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The horses showed small and minute as the first two riders came into sight on the long green slope of the high hill. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It's as well known in the town as—please, sir, as the multiplication table isn't known to the horse-riders. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Then there were two riders. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Again Tars Tarkas ordered the charge, and once more the mighty thoats bore their terrible riders against the ramparts of the enemy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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