RIDER
rider
(noun) a clause that is appended to a legislative bill
passenger, rider
(noun) a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
rider
(noun) a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
rider
(noun) a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From rider
Proper noun
Rider
A surname. More often spelled Ryder.
Anagrams
• direr, drier, reird
Etymology
Noun
rider (plural riders)
One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle.
(politics) A provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill.
(by extension) Something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
An amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements.
(insurance) An additional benefit attached to an insurance contract.
A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights.
(UK, archaic) An agent who goes out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller.
(obsolete) One who breaks in or manages a horse.
(cartomancy) The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.
(math) A problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
(mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
(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.
(nautical) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
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.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A robber.
(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.
Anagrams
• direr, drier, reird
Source: Wiktionary
Rid"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, rides.
2. Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain
orders; a commercial traveler. [Eng.]
3. One who breaks or manages a horse. Shak.
4. 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.
After the third reading, a foolish man stood up to propose a rider.
Macaulay.
This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer. A.
S. Hardy.
5. (Math.)
Definition: A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an
examination paper.
6. Etym: [D. rijder.]
Definition: A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback
stamped upon it.
His moldy money ! half a dozen riders. J. Fletcher.
7. (Mining)
Definition: Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
8. (Shipbuilding)
Definition: An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching
from the keelson to the beame of the lower deck, to strengthen her
frame. Totten.
9. (Naut.)
Definition: The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
10. 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.
11. A robber. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Drummond. Rider's bone (Med.), a
bony deposit in the muscles of the upper and inner part of the thigh,
due to the pressure and irritation caused by the saddle in riding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition