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



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THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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