English Explanatory Dictionary

rider

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mounted person.
  2. A knight, or other mounted warrior.
  3. An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
  4. Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc.
  5. A motorcycle enthusiast; a motorcycle club member.
  6. A mounted robber; a bandit, especially in the Scottish borders.
  7. Someone who breaks in or manages a horse; a riding master.
  8. An agent who goes out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller or travelling salesman.
  9. Someone riding in a vehicle; a passenger on public transport.
  10. A boarder, a person who rides a board in boardsports.
  11. A skateboarder
  12. A snowboarder
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation. More often spelled Ryder.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹaɪ̯.dəː/ [ˈɹʷaɪ̯dəː] /ˈɹɑɪ̯.dəː/ [ˈɹʷɑ̟ɪ̯.dəː] ~ [ˈɹʷɑ̟ɪ̯.dɐ̝ː] /ˈɹɒɪ̯.dəː/ [ˈɹɒ̈ɪ̯.dəː] ~ [ˈɹɒ̈ɪ̯.dɐ̝ː] /ˈɹɑɪ̯.ɾəː/ [ˈɹʷɑ̟ɪ̯.ɾəː] ~ [ˈɹʷɑ̟ɪ̯.ɾɐ̝ː] /ˈɹɒɪ̯.ɾəː/ [ˈɹɒ̈ɪ̯.ɾəː] ~ [ˈɹɒ̈ɪ̯.ɾɐ̝ː] /ˈɹaɪ̯.dɚ/ [ˈɹʷaɪ̯.dɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷaɪ̯.dɹ̩] En-us-rider.ogg /ˈɹaɪ̯.ɾɚ/ [ˈɹʷaɪ̯.ɾɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷaɪ̯.ɾɹ̩] /ˈɹʌɪ.dəɹ/ [ˈɹʷʌɪ.dəɹ]

Word forms

rider riders

Etymology

From Middle English ryder, ridere, from Late Old English rīdere (“rider, knight”). Compare Dutch rijder, German Reiter. By surface analysis, ride + -er.

Synonyms

horseman

Related words

mountie

Derived words

backrider batty rider blackrider black rider boardrider boundary rider boundary-rider bowrider butt rider camel rider circuit rider coffin rider dickrider dispatch rider dragonrider forerider freedom rider free rider gang-rider hedge rider horse rider horserider inclusion rider lowrider meatrider nightrider nonrider nutrider pale rider pickup rider postrider post rider red rider ridered rideress riderless ridership roughrider rough rider Rough Riders rug rider sausage rider scrub rider spring rider stockrider surfrider surf rider transport rider waverider white rider

Translations

Albanian: kalorës Southern Altai: атту Arabic: رَاكِب Arabic: رَاكِبَة Armenian: հեծյալ Azerbaijani: atlı Belarusian: ве́ршнік Belarusian: ве́ршніца Belarusian: нае́знік Belarusian: нае́зніца Bulgarian: езда́ч Bulgarian: езда́чка Bulgarian: допълни́телна кла́уза Catalan: genet Chinese Mandarin: 車手 /车手 Chinese Mandarin: 騎者 /骑者 Chinese Mandarin: 騎手 /骑手 Chinese Mandarin: 騎士 /骑士 Corsican: cavalieru Czech: jezdec Czech: jezdkyně Danish: rytter Dutch: ruiter Dutch: rijder Dutch: motorrijder Estonian: ratsanik Estonian: ratsutaja Finnish: ratsastaja Finnish: ajaja Finnish: kuljettaja Finnish: moottoripyöräilijä Finnish: motoristi Finnish: ponsi French: cavalier French: cavalière Georgian: ცხენოსანი Georgian: მხედარი German: Reiter German: Reiterin German: Fahrradfahrer (on a bike) German: Mopedfahrer German: Mofafahrer German: Motorradfahrer German: Zusatzklausel Old High German: ritto Greek: αναβάτης Ancient Greek: ἱππεύς Ancient Greek: ἱππότης Ancient Greek: ἱππότις Hungarian: lovas Indonesian: penunggang Indonesian: pengendara (on a motorbike) Ingrian: ajaja Irish: marcach Irish: aguisín Irish: fo-fhadhb Italian: cavaliere Italian: motociclista Italian: centauro (on a motorbike) Japanese: ライダー Japanese: 騎手 Japanese: 乗り手 Kazakh: салт атты Korean: 라이더 Korean: 기수 Kyrgyz: атчан Lao: ຄົນຂີ່ມ້າ Latgalian: juojiejs Latgalian: raitinīks Latin: rector Latin: adiectio Latvian: jājējs Latvian: jātnieks Lithuanian: raitelis Lithuanian: jojikas Macedonian: јавач Macedonian: јавачка Malay: penunggang Manx: markiagh Māori: kaieke Mongolian: морьтон
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