rider

See also: Rider

English

Etymology

ride +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: rī'də(r), IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪdə(ɹ)/
  • (US) enPR: rī'dər, IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪdɚ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪdə(r)

Noun

rider (plural riders)

  1. One who rides, often a horse or motorcycle.
  2. (politics) A provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill.
  3. (by extension) Something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
    • A. S. Hardy
      This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer.
  4. An amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements.
  5. (insurance) An additional benefit attached to an insurance contract.
  6. A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights.
  7. (Britain, archaic) An agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller.
  8. (obsolete) One who breaks in or manages a horse.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
  9. (cartomancy) The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.
  10. (mathematics) A problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
  11. An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
    • J. Fletcher
      His mouldy money! half a dozen riders.
  12. (mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
  13. (shipbuilding) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen the frame.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
  14. (nautical) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
  15. 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.
  16. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A robber.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Drummond to this entry?)

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Danish

Noun

rider c

  1. plural indefinite of ride

Verb

rider

  1. present tense of ride

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French rider, from Old French rider (“to wrinkle”), from Old High German rīdan, wrīdan (“to turn; twist; wind; wring; wind up; wrench”), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to turn; wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to turn”), from *wer- (“to turn”). Cognate with German reiden (“to turn; tie up; lace”). More at writhe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁi.de/
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Verb

rider

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to wrinkle

Conjugation

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ride.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raj.de/

Verb

rider

  1. (Louisiana) to ride

Conjugation

Interlingua

Verb

rider

  1. to laugh

Middle Low German

Etymology

From rîden (“ride”), from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną. Cognate with English rider and German Reiter (“rider”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riːðər/

Noun

rîder

  1. a rider

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rider

  1. present tense of ride

Spanish

Noun

rider m (plural rideres)

  1. rider, biker (motorcyclist)

Swedish

Verb

rider

  1. present tense of rida.
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