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
From rider
Rider
A surname. More often spelled Ryder.
• direr, drier, reird
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.
• 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
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
