rider: Meaning and Definition of
rid•er
Pronunciation: (rī'dur), [key]
— n.
- a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- something that rides.
- an additional clause, usually unrelated to the main body, attached to a legislative bill in passing it.
- an addition or amendment to a document, testament, etc.
- any object or device that straddles, is mounted upon, or is attached to something else.
- a rail or stake used to brace the corners in a snake fence.
- any of various members following and reinforcing primary framing members, esp. a plate or timber running along the top of a keel.
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- a former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1475, whose obverse bears an equestrian figure of the king.
- any of several gold or silver coins of the Netherlands bearing the figure of a horseman.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.