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rider

  • noun
  • /ˈɹaɪ̯.dəː/

A mounted person.

Other meanings

  1. An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.

  2. Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc.

Related words

  • black rider
  • pale rider
  • red rider
  • white rider

Example sentences

  • “The rider mounted a horse.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Old English "rīdere" (rider, knight).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “rider” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.