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rider
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)
- A mounted person.
- (archaic or historical) A knight, or other mounted warrior. [from 11th c.]
- 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.
- (generally) Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc. [from 14th c.]
- (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?)
- (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.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, I.1:
- (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.
- 1790, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journal 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 70:
- (now chiefly US) Someone riding in a vehicle; a passenger on public transport. [from 19th c.]
- An addition, supplement.
- (politics) A supplementary clause added to a document after drafting, especially to a bill under the consideration of a legislature. [from 17th c.]
- 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.]
- An additional matter or question arising in corollary; a qualification. [from 19th c.]
- 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.
- 1886, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, The Wind of Destiny
- Technical senses.
- (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?)
- (mining, now rare) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it. [from 17th c.]
- (nautical, in the plural) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold. [from 19th c.]
- A small, sliding piece of thin metal on a balance, used to determine small weights. [from 19th c.]
- (cartomancy) The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.
- (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.
- (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.]
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- allonge
- driver
- germane
- passenger
Anagrams
- direr, drier, reird
Danish
Noun
rider c
- indefinite plural of ride
Verb
rider
- 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
- (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
- (Louisiana, Cajun French) to ride
Conjugation
Interlingua
Verb
rider
- to laugh
Related terms
- surrider
Middle English
Noun
rider
- Alternative form of ryder
Middle French
Verb
rider
- 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
- a rider
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
rider
- present of ride
Spanish
Noun
rider m (plural rideres)
- rider, biker (motorcyclist)
Swedish
Verb
rider
- present tense of rida.
Anagrams
- dirre
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forehand
English
Etymology
fore- +? hand
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f??hænd/
- (US) IPA(key): /f???hænd/
Noun
forehand (plural forehands)
- (racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
- (disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
- All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (archaic) The chief or most important part.
- Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
- (surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.
Synonyms
- (kind of throw in sports): flick
Antonyms
- backhand
Translations
Adjective
forehand (not comparable)
- Beforehand; paid in advance.
- a forehand rent
Antonyms
- afterhand
Verb
forehand (third-person singular simple present forehands, present participle forehanding, simple past and past participle forehanded)
- (transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.
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