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rider

rider

233 2.0
A person who rides a bike, horse, or motorcycle
  • noun
  • /ˈraɪdər/
translation icon : jinete
  • The best riders are not fast in the straights.
  • horse and rider
  • subway rider
  • low rider

We have a group of dragon riders who are like the soldiers.

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Examples

  • Val hangs on like a rodeo rider, struggling to keep fear-crazed Melvin from tumbling off.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • As she began to raise her head, the horse and rider turned and vanished into the fog.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • A lone rider on the road ahead caught his attention, a rider coming toward him.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • We have a group of dragon riders who are like the soldiers.

  • I'm the fastest rider you have.

  • I feel like a horse rider or Jane from Tarzan.

  • Yeah, he was the best motorcycle rider I've ever seen in my life.

  • For a second, Vincent thought that both rider and mount would tumble over onto him.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Lopez drove a truckload to the rodeo arena, where a bronc rider from Bapchule was practicing.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The new RZR comfortably carries two riders and up to 300 pounds of gear.

Synonyms

traveler
vsrider
  • US
286 1.0

A person who often goes from place to place

moves specifically by sitting on or inside a vehicle or animal
journeyer
vsrider
1 6.0

A person who travels from one place to another

moves specifically by sitting on or inside a vehicle or animal
farer
vsrider
  • Archaic
9.8

A person who travels long distances, often by sea

refers to travel by sitting on or inside a vehicle or animal

Compounds

2 8.1

A soldier on horseback in the volunteer unit led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War

1 6.4

A person who rides animals and does stunts at a rodeo

dispatch rider
  • Archaic
1 8.3

A person who carries messages for the army by motorcycle often during war

1 7.6

People who rode buses into the US South to protest laws that kept Black and white people apart

A person on a horse, often for sport or travel

night rider
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A secret group on horses that used threats and violence to scare people

rider plate
  • Specialized
8.8

A metal plate fixed to the top of a ship's keel to make it stronger

rug rider
  • Informal
9.9

A person who travels to find waves and excitement

pale rider
  • Literature
9.9

A ghostly horse rider people say brings death

How Experienced

expert
3 3.5
rider
233 2.0
novice
46 3.4

Surface Forms

rider singular
riders plural

Morphology

rider = ride (transparent) = ride + er

Direct agentive formation from the verb 'ride' using the productive suffix '-er', yielding 'person who rides'.

Etymology

Rider comes from the old verb ride, which means 'to sit on and travel'. So a rider is simply someone who travels by riding a horse, bike or other vehicle.