different between rider vs postilion

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.]

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   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.]

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   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

English

Alternative forms

• postillion

Etymology

From Middle French postillon, and its likely source, Italian postiglione (“guide for driver of post-coach”), from posta (“post”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??st?l??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??st?lj?n/, /po??st?lj?n/

Noun

postilion (plural postilions)

1. A rider mounted on the near (left) leading horse who guides the team pulling a carriage.
   • 1768, Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, "Montreuil":

     C’est un garcon de bonne fortune, said the landlord, pointing through the window to half a dozen wenches who had got round about La Fleur, and were most kindly taking their leave of him, as the postilion was leading out the horses.

   • 1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion, Book II, Chapter 7:

     The postilion seized one of his fat horses by the tail, and swung himself up to his seat again.

   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 22:

     The rain drove into the bride and bridegroom's faces as they passed to the chariot. The postilions' favours draggled on their dripping jackets.

   • 1911, Hilaire Belloc. The Girondin, Chapter 6:

     To play the postilion is not an easy thing. It is a trade by itself—half a gunner's and half a groom's. It has to do with horses—that is bad enough ; but also it involves some knowledge of the road.

2. (obsolete) A post-boy, a messenger boy, a swift letter carrier.

Derived terms

• postilion sentence

Translations

Further reading

• postilion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

From French postillon.

Noun

postilion m (plural postilioni)

1. postilion

Declension