Definition of Riderless

1. a. Having no rider; as, a riderless horse.

Definition of Riderless

1. Adjective. Without or deprived of a rider. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Riderless

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Riderless

ride the wave
ride up
ride with the punches
rideable
ridealong
ridealongs
rided
rident
rider
rider's bone
rider's bursa
rider's leg
rider's muscles
rider plate
ridered
riderless (current term)
riders
ridership
riderships
rides
rideshare
ridesharer
ridesharers
rideshares
ridesharing
ridest
rideth
ridge
ridge-runner
ridge course

Literary usage of Riderless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mothers and Men: A Book of Poems by Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer (1916)
"... THE riderless HORSE CLOSE ranks and ride on ! Though his saddle be bare, The bullet is sped, Now the dead Cannot care. Close ranks and ride on ! ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"The sight of the riderless animal spread dismay and fury among the Swedes ; but before they could advance to his rescue, a party of Croats had thrown ..."

3. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"A cry of the wildest death-anguish Rang faint through the mist afar, And the riderless mule went homeward From the light of the Paso del Маг. ..."

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