different between ricer vs rider

English

Etymology

From rice +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?s?(r)

Noun

ricer (plural ricers)

1. (US) A person, especially a Native American, who cultivates and harvests rice.
   • 1967, The New Yorker, Volume 43, Part 6, page 41:

     He opened the cashbox and counted out the money, and Martin handed it on to one of the ricers.

     "Where are you guys ricing tomorrow?" he said.

     "Down in the Refuge," the ricer with the money said.

   • 1988, Thomas Vennum, Wild Rice and the Ojibway People, page 229:

     In exchange for use of a buyer's boat, the ricers were to sell what they harvested exclusively to him.

   • 1999 September 19, Winona LaDuke, Under the Wild Rice Moon, Minneapolis Star Tribune, reprinted in 2002, The Winona LaDuke Reader: A Collection of Essential Writings, page 30:

     There are also lots of ricers. By two weeks into ricing season, Native Harvest bought from 30 or 40 ricers.

2. (cooking) A utensil used to extrude soft foods (such as, and especially, cooked potato) through holes about the diameter of a grain of rice.

   Synonym: potato ricer

   Coordinate terms: potato masher, garlic press

   • 2007, Patricia Webster Stewart, Stuck in My Own Family Tree, page 25:

     He cooked a roast, made applesauce with the ricer and used every size pan he could find to cook vegetables.

   • 2008, Leanne Kitchen, The Greengrocer, page 14:

     Ricers can also be used for mashing other root vegetables, as well as starchy ones like broad (fava) beans and peas.

   • 2013, Tara Mataraza Desmond, Choosing Sides: From Holidays to Every Day, 130 Delicious Recipes to Make the Meal, unnumbered page:

     Passing cooked chunks through a basic, inexpensive handheld ricer maximizes their texture, which is less starchy than their russet brethren, and makes a soft, dry pile that simply stirs into creamy, smooth mounds.

3. (slang, US, ethnic slur, derogatory) An automobile, especially one imported from an Oriental country, deemed inferior or cheap, that has been modified with after-market parts in order to appear more powerful or sporty.

   Synonym: rice burner

4. (slang, derogatory) A person who drives such an automobile.

Translations

Related terms

• rice

Further reading

• potato ricer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Crier, IRCer, crier

English

Etymology

From Middle English ryder, ridere, from Late Old English r?dere (“rider, knight”); equivalent to ride +? -er. Compare Dutch rijder, German Reiter, Swedish ryttare.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: r?'d?(r), IPA^(key): /??a?.d?(?)/, [???a?d?]
• (US) enPR: r?'d?r, IPA^(key): /??a?.d??/, [???a???]
• Rhymes: -a?d?(r)

Noun

rider (plural riders)

1. A mounted person.
   1. (archaic or historical) A knight, or other mounted warrior. [from 11th c.]
   2. An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it. [from 14th c.]

      • His mouldy money! half a dozen riders.

   3. (generally) Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc. [from 14th c.]
   4. (now historical or archaic) A mounted robber; a bandit, especially in the Scottish borders. [from 16th c.]

      (Can we find and add a quotation of Drummond to this entry?)

   5. (obsolete) Someone who breaks in or manages a horse; a riding master. [16th–17th c.]
      • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, I.1:

        They are taught their mannage, and to that end Riders deerely hir'd.

   6. (now rare, historical) An agent who goes out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller or travelling salesman. [from 18th c.]
      • 1790, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journal 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 70:

        I set out with a Paisley manufacturer and a London rider, the latter of whom I envied for his smartness and self-complacency.

   8. (now chiefly US) Someone riding in a vehicle; a passenger on public transport. [from 19th c.]
2. An addition, supplement.
   1. (politics) A supplementary clause added to a document after drafting, especially to a bill under the consideration of a legislature. [from 17th c.]
   2. An amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements. [from 20th c.]
   3. An additional matter or question arising in corollary; a qualification. [from 19th c.]
   4. A supplementary question, now especially in mathematics. [from 19th c.]
      • 1886, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, The Wind of Destiny

        This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer.

3. Technical senses.
   1. (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. [from 17th c.]

      (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)

   2. (mining, now rare) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it. [from 17th c.]
   3. (nautical, in the plural) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold. [from 19th c.]
   4. A small, sliding piece of thin metal on a balance, used to determine small weights. [from 19th c.]
   5. (cartomancy) The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.
   6. (chess) A piece, such as the rook or bishop, which moves any distance in one direction, as long as no other piece is in the way.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• allonge
• driver
• germane
• passenger

Anagrams

• direr, drier, reird

Danish

Noun

rider c

1. indefinite plural of ride

Verb

rider

1. present of ride

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French rider, from Old French rider (“to wrinkle”), from Old High German r?dan, wr?dan (“to turn; twist; wind; wring; wind up; wrench”), from Proto-Germanic *wr?þan? (“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): /?i.de/

Verb

rider

1. (transitive, intransitive) to wrinkle

Conjugation

Further reading

• “rider” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ride.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aj.de/

Verb

rider

1. (Louisiana, Cajun French) to ride

Conjugation

Interlingua

Verb

rider

1. to laugh

Related terms

• surrider

Middle English

Noun

rider

1. Alternative form of ryder

Middle French

Verb

rider

1. to wrinkle

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: rider

Middle Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri?ð?r/

Noun

rîder

1. a rider

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rider

1. present of ride

Spanish

Noun

rider m (plural rideres)

1. rider, biker (motorcyclist)

Swedish

Verb

rider

1. present tense of rida.

Anagrams

• dirre