Definitions for the word "rider" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
One who, or that which, rides.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
One who breaks or manages a horse.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
A robber.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
1 person who rides (esp. A horse). 2 additional remark following a statement, verdict, etc. riderless adj.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. slang
in a University examination, a problem or question appended to
another, as directly arising from or dependent on it;—beginning to be
generally used for any corollary or position which naturally arises from
any previous statement or evidence.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
14. slang
a supplementary clause in a document.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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