English Explanatory Dictionary

nightrider

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a vigilante group that carried out nighttime raids.
  2. A member of the Ku Klux Klan, especially during the Reconstruction Era.
  3. A fairy chess piece which moves in the direction of the knight any number of times.

Word forms

nightrider nightriders night rider

Etymology

From night + rider.

Synonyms

whitecapper

Related words

Klansman
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