Lexic.us

Definition of Rider

1. Noun. A traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel).

2. Noun. A clause that is appended to a legislative bill.

3. Noun. A traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle).

4. Noun. A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it.

Definition of Rider

1. n. One who, or that which, rides.

Definition of Rider

1. Proper noun. (surname from=Middle English) More often spelled Ryder. ¹

2. Noun. one who rides, often a horse or motorcycle ¹

3. Noun. (politics) a provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill ¹

4. Noun. an amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements ¹

5. Noun. A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rider

1. one that rides [n -S] - See also: rides

Medical Definition of Rider

1. 1. One who, or that which, rides. 2. Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler. 3. One who breaks or manages a horse. 4. 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. "After the third reading, a foolish man stood up to propose a rider." (Macaulay) "This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer." (A. S. Hardy) 5. A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper. 6. [D. Rijder] A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it. "His moldy money ! half a dozen riders." (J. Fletcher) 7. Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it. 8. An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beame of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame. 9. The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold. 10. 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. 11. A robber. Rider's bone, a bony deposit in the muscles of the upper and inner part of the thigh, due to the pressure and irritation caused by the saddle in riding. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rider

ride tall in the saddle ride the bench ride the coattails ride the pine ride the rails ride the short bus 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 riders ridership riderships rides rideshare ridesharer ridesharers

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