FromMiddle English ryder ,ridere , from LateOld English rīdere ( “ rider, knight ” ) . CompareDutch rijder ,German Reiter . Bysurface analysis ,ride +-er .
rider (plural riders )
A mounted person. ( now archaic or historical ) Aknight , or other mountedwarrior .[from 11th c.] An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.[from 14th c.] c. 1609–1622? ,John Fletcher , “The Womans Prize: Or, The Tamer Tamed ”, inComedies and Tragedies [ … ] , London: [ … ] Humphrey Robinson , [ … ] , and forHumphrey Moseley [ … ] , published1647 ,→OCLC ,(please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals) :His mouldy money! half a dozenriders .
( generally ) Someone whorides ahorse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc.[from 14th c.] 1807 ,[ Miss Guion] , chapter II, inThe Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. [ … ] , volume I, London: [ … ] J[ ames] F[ letcher] Hughes, [ … ] ,→OCLC ,page23 :The eyes of Holstein de Dorenstorff stared, wildly, upon a figure, which at this instant appeared, mounted on a beautiful beast, [ …] ; itsrider was enveloped in a kind of large, concealing coat, which well answered the intent of its purport:[ …]
2009 March 22, Susanna Hamner, “Harley, You’re Not Getting Any Younger”, inThe New York Times [1] , archived fromthe original on9 November 2020 :After riding high for two decades, the company that makes the hulky bikes that devotedriders affectionately call Hogs is sputtering.[ …] When customers buy a Harley, they’re instantly a member of a family of zealous fans guys with tattoos and unruly hair as well as lawyers and doctors. (The average household income of today’srider is about $87,000.)
2024 July 9, Martynas Ruseckas, “After her brother suffered a brain injury in a bike crash, this Olympic BMX rider has a new perspective on what success means”, inCNN [2] :BMXrider Saya Sakakibara is all too aware of the risks of her chosen profession.
( Philippines ) Amotorcycle enthusiast ; amotorcycle club member.( now historical or archaic ) A mountedrobber ; abandit , especially in the Scottish borders.[from 16th c.] 1655 ,William Drummond of Hawthornden ,History of Scotland [ …] :In Ewsdale eight and forty notoriousriders are hung on growing trees, the most famous of which was John Armstrong
( obsolete ) Someone who breaks in or manages a horse; ariding master .[16th–17th c.] c. 1598–1600 (date written) ,William Shakespeare , “As You Like It ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act I, scene i] :They are taught their mannage, and to that endRiders deerely hir'd.
( now rare , historical ) Anagent who goes out withsamples ofgoods to obtainorders ; acommercial traveller ortravelling salesman .[from 18th c.] 1790 ,James Boswell , in Danziger & Brady (eds.),Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journal 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 70:I set out with a Paisley manufacturer and a Londonrider , the latter of whom I envied for his smartness and self-complacency. ( now chiefly US ) Someone riding in a vehicle; apassenger onpublic transport .[from 19th c.] 2021 March 25, Somini Sengupta, Geneva Abdul, Manuela Andreoni, Veronica Penney, “Riders Are Abandoning Buses and Trains. That's a Problem for Climate Change.”, inThe New York Times [3] ,→ISSN :On the London Underground, Piccadilly Circus station is nearly vacant on a weekday morning, while the Delhi Metro is ferrying fewer than half of theriders it used to.
( sports ) Aboarder , a person who rides a board inboardsports .( sports ) Askateboarder 2018 July 13, Jaime Marie Davis, “How photographers have captured skateboarding through generations”, inCNN [4] :In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers aboutriders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.”
( sports ) Asnowboarder An addition, supplement. ( politics ) A supplementaryclause added to a document after drafting, especially to abill under the consideration of alegislature .[from 17th c.] Anamendment or addition to an entertainer'sperformance contract, often covering a performer'sequipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements.[from 20th c.] 2023 July 10, 1:07:39 from the start, inThe Making of IMMORTALITY [5] :I had sixteen nudity riders to sign and having Jean, our intimacy coordinator, Jean Franzblau, was absolutely pivotal to being able to do this.
An additional matter or question arising in corollary; aqualification .[from 19th c.] 2015 , Ed Glinert,East End Chronicles [6] , Penguin UK,→ISBN :But they would hush momentarily for the farce, specially if billed with the grandrider : 'licensed by the Lord Chamberlain expressly for this theatre'.
A supplementaryquestion , now especially inmathematics .[from 19th c.] 1886 ,Arthur Sherburne Hardy ,The Wind of Destiny :This [question] was arider which Mab found difficult to answer.
( insurance ) An add-on to an insurancepolicy .Technical senses. ( shipbuilding ) Aninterior rib occasionally fixed in a ship'shold , reaching from thekeelson to the beams of the lowerdeck , to strengthen the frame.[from 17th c.] 2016 , Lucy Blue, Frederick M. Hocker, Anton Englert,Connected by the Sea :During the four weeks of research, a considerable part of the ships structure was discovered underneath the ballast stones: keel, floor timbers, strakes, keelson together with mast step and its sisters andrider
( mining , now rare ) Rock material in avein ofore , dividing it.[from 17th c.] ( nautical , in theplural ) The secondtier ofcasks in a vessel'shold .[from 19th c.] A small, sliding piece of thin metal on abalance , used to determine small weights.[from 19th c.] ( cartomancy ) The firstLenormand card, also known as either thehorseman or thecavalier .( chess ) A piece, such as therook orbishop , which moves any distance in one direction as long as no other piece is in the way.Coordinate term: leaper 2010 August 21, G. P. Jelliss, “Simple Chess Variants”, inMayhematics [7] , pages9, 10 :It simply blocks the cell to entry by any piece, thoughriders may pass over it (otherwise checkmates become difficult, since the coin could be used to block any distant check by arider ).[ …] Another type ofrider is the Mao which is the knight in Chinese chess. It makes its move in two steps, a noncapturing wazir move followed by a fers move, so the cell moved through must be vacant. The Moa (W.Speckman) is a knight that moves as fers followed by wazir.
Albanian:kalorës (sq) m Altai:Southern Altai:атту ( attu ) Arabic:رَاكِب m ( rākib ) ,رَاكِبَة f ( rākiba ) Armenian:հեծյալ (hy) ( hecyal ) Azerbaijani:atlı (az) Belarusian:ве́ршнік m ( vjéršnik ) ,ве́ршніца f ( vjéršnica ) ,нае́знік m ( najéznik ) ,нае́зніца f ( najéznica ) Bulgarian:езда́ч (bg) m ( ezdáč ) ,езда́чка f ( ezdáčka ) Catalan:genet (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:車手 / 车手 (zh) ( chēshǒu ) ( driver ) ,騎者 / 骑者 ( qízhě ) ,騎手 / 骑手 (zh) ( qíshǒu ) ,騎士 / 骑士 (zh) ( qíshì ) Corsican:cavalieru (co) m Czech:jezdec (cs) m ,jezdkyně (cs) f Danish:rytter (da) c Dutch:ruiter (nl) m or f ,rijder (nl) m or f ,motorrijder (nl) m or f Estonian:ratsanik ,ratsutaja Finnish:ratsastaja (fi) ( horse ) ;ajaja (fi) ,kuljettaja (fi) ,moottoripyöräilijä (fi) ,motoristi (fi) ( motorcycle ) French:cavalier (fr) m ,cavalière (fr) f Georgian:ცხენოსანი ( cxenosani ) ,მხედარი ( mxedari ) German:Reiter (de) m ,Reiterin (de) f ( on a horse etc. ) ;Fahrradfahrer (de) m ( on a bike ) ;Mopedfahrer (de) m ,Mofafahrer (de) m ,Motorradfahrer (de) m ( on a motorbike etc. ) Old High German:ritto m ( on a horse ) Greek:αναβάτης (el) m ( anavátis ) Ancient Greek:ἱππεύς m ( hippeús ) ,ἱππότης m ( hippótēs ) ,ἱππότις f ( hippótis ) Hungarian:lovas (hu) Indonesian:penunggang (id) ( on a horse ) ;pengendara (id) ( on a motorbike ) Ingrian:ajaja Irish:marcach m Italian:cavaliere (it) m ( on a horse ) ;motociclista (it) m ,centauro (it) m ( on a motorbike ) Japanese:ライダー (ja) ( raidā ) ,騎手 (ja) ( きしゅ, kishu ) ,乗り手 ( のりて, norite ) Kazakh:салт атты ( salt atty ) Korean:라이더 (ko) ( raideo ) ,기수(騎手) (ko) ( gisu ) Kyrgyz:атчан (ky) ( atcan ) Lao:ຄົນຂີ່ມ້າ ( khon khī mā ) Latgalian:juojiejs m ,raitinīks m Latin:rector m ( on a horse ) Latvian:jājējs m ,jātnieks m Lithuanian:raitelis m ,jojikas m Macedonian:јавач m ( javač ) ,јавачка f ( javačka ) Malay:penunggang (ms) Manx:markiagh m Māori:kaieke Mongolian:Cyrillic:морьтон (mn) ( morʹton ) Norwegian:Bokmål:rytter (no) m Nynorsk:ryttar m Old English:ridda m ( on a horse ) Persian:Iranian Persian:سَوار ( savâr ) ,اَسْبسَوار ( asb-savâr ) Polish:jeździec (pl) m ,jeźdźczyni (pl) f Portuguese:cavaleiro (pt) m Romanian:călăreț (ro) m ,călăreață (ro) f Russian:вса́дник (ru) m ( vsádnik ) ,вса́дница (ru) f ( vsádnica ) ,нае́здник (ru) m ( najézdnik ) ,нае́здница (ru) f ( najézdnica ) ,седо́к (ru) m ( sedók ) ,ездо́к (ru) m ( jezdók ) Sanskrit:यावन् (sa) m ( yāvan ) ( on a horse ) Scottish Gaelic:marcach m Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:ја̀ха̄ч m ,јаха̀чица f Latin:jàhāč (sh) m ,jahàčica (sh) f Slovak:jazdec m ,jazdkyňa f Slovene:jezdec (sl) m ,jahač m ,jahačica f ,motorist m ,motoristka f ( of a vehicle ) Spanish:jinete (es) m ,pasajero (es) m Swedish:ryttare (sv) c Tajik:савор ( savor ) Tatar:җайдак (tt) ( caydaq ) Thai:ผู้ขี่ ( pûu-kìi ) Tibetan:please add this translation if you can Turkish:atlı (tr) ,binici (tr) Ukrainian:ве́ршник (uk) m ( véršnyk ) ,ве́ршниця f ( véršnycja ) ,наї́зник m ( najíznyk ) ,наї́зниця f ( najíznycja ) Urdu:سَوار m ( savār ) ,گُھڑ سَوار m ( ghuṛ savār ) Uzbek:otliq (uz) Vietnamese:người cưỡi ngựa ,kị sĩ (vi) (騎士 ),kị mã (vi) (騎馬 ) Welsh:marchog m ( on a horse ) ,beiciwr (cy) m ( on a bicycle )
politics: additional provision annexed to a bill
something extra or burdensome that is imposed
amendment to an entertainer's performance contract
additional benefit attached to an insurance contract
small, sliding piece on a chemical balance
one who breaks in or manages a horse
math: problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper
mining: rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it
shipbuilding: interior rib reaching from the keelson to the lower deck
nautical: second tier of casks in a vessel's hold
small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance
chess: piece which moves any distance in one direction
FromMiddle Cornish ridar , fromOld English hridder (whence modernEnglish riddle ), fromProto-West Germanic *hrīdrā , fromProto-Germanic *hrīdrǭ , ultimately fromProto-Indo-European *krey- .Doublet ofkroder . CompareWelsh rhidyll .
rider m (plural ridrow )
sieve Synonyms: dylloer ,gryslell ,kasyer ,kroder ,sidhel ridra ( “ sieve, sift ” ,verb ) rider
inflection ofridra : third-person singular present indicative / future indicative second-person singular imperative rider c
indefinite plural ofride rider
present ofride Inherited fromMiddle French rider , fromOld French rider ( “ to wrinkle ” ) , fromOld High German rīdan ,wrīdan ( “ to turn; twist; wind; wring; wind up; wrench ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *wrīþan ( “ to turn, twist ” ) . Cognate withGerman reiden ( “ to turn; tie up; lace ” ) . More atwrithe .
rider
( ambitransitive ) towrinkle toripple Le ventridait la surface du lac. The wind made ripples into the lake's surface. infinitive simple rider compound avoir + past participlepresent participle orgerund 1 simple ridant /ʁi.dɑ̃/ compound ayant + past participlepast participle ridé /ʁi.de/ singular plural first second third first second third indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles (simple tenses) present ride /ʁid/ rides /ʁid/ ride /ʁid/ ridons /ʁi.dɔ̃/ ridez /ʁi.de/ rident /ʁid/ imperfect ridais /ʁi.dɛ/ ridais /ʁi.dɛ/ ridait /ʁi.dɛ/ ridions /ʁi.djɔ̃/ ridiez /ʁi.dje/ ridaient /ʁi.dɛ/ past historic 2 ridai /ʁi.de/ ridas /ʁi.da/ rida /ʁi.da/ ridâmes /ʁi.dam/ ridâtes /ʁi.dat/ ridèrent /ʁi.dɛʁ/ future riderai /ʁi.dʁe/ rideras /ʁi.dʁa/ ridera /ʁi.dʁa/ riderons /ʁi.dʁɔ̃/ riderez /ʁi.dʁe/ rideront /ʁi.dʁɔ̃/ conditional riderais /ʁi.dʁɛ/ riderais /ʁi.dʁɛ/ riderait /ʁi.dʁɛ/ riderions /ʁi.də.ʁjɔ̃/ rideriez /ʁi.də.ʁje/ rideraient /ʁi.dʁɛ/ (compound tenses) present perfect present indicative ofavoir + past participle pluperfect imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle past anterior 2 past historic ofavoir + past participle future perfect future ofavoir + past participle conditional perfect conditional ofavoir + past participle subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles (simple tenses) present ride /ʁid/ rides /ʁid/ ride /ʁid/ ridions /ʁi.djɔ̃/ ridiez /ʁi.dje/ rident /ʁid/ imperfect 2 ridasse /ʁi.das/ ridasses /ʁi.das/ ridât /ʁi.da/ ridassions /ʁi.da.sjɔ̃/ ridassiez /ʁi.da.sje/ ridassent /ʁi.das/ (compound tenses) past present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle pluperfect 2 imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle imperative – tu – nous vous – simple — ride /ʁid/ — ridons /ʁi.dɔ̃/ ridez /ʁi.de/ — compound — simple imperative ofavoir + past participle — simple imperative ofavoir + past participle simple imperative ofavoir + past participle — 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen .2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French , pp.77 ,78 ,79 ,81 ).
Borrowed fromEnglish ride .
rider
( Louisiana , Cajun ) toride infinitive simple rider compound avoir + past participlepresent participle orgerund 1 simple ridant /ʁaj.dɑ̃/ compound ayant + past participlepast participle ridé /ʁaj.de/ singular plural first second third first second third indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles (simple tenses) present ride /ʁajd/ rides /ʁajd/ ride /ʁajd/ ridons /ʁaj.dɔ̃/ ridez /ʁaj.de/ rident /ʁajd/ imperfect ridais /ʁaj.dɛ/ ridais /ʁaj.dɛ/ ridait /ʁaj.dɛ/ ridions /ʁaj.djɔ̃/ ridiez /ʁaj.dje/ ridaient /ʁaj.dɛ/ past historic 2 ridai /ʁaj.de/ ridas /ʁaj.da/ rida /ʁaj.da/ ridâmes /ʁaj.dam/ ridâtes /ʁaj.dat/ ridèrent /ʁaj.dɛʁ/ future riderai /ʁaj.də.ʁe/ rideras /ʁaj.də.ʁa/ ridera /ʁaj.də.ʁa/ riderons /ʁaj.də.ʁɔ̃/ riderez /ʁaj.də.ʁe/ rideront /ʁaj.də.ʁɔ̃/ conditional riderais /ʁaj.də.ʁɛ/ riderais /ʁaj.də.ʁɛ/ riderait /ʁaj.də.ʁɛ/ riderions /ʁaj.də.ʁjɔ̃/ rideriez /ʁaj.də.ʁje/ rideraient /ʁaj.də.ʁɛ/ (compound tenses) present perfect present indicative ofavoir + past participle pluperfect imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle past anterior 2 past historic ofavoir + past participle future perfect future ofavoir + past participle conditional perfect conditional ofavoir + past participle subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles (simple tenses) present ride /ʁajd/ rides /ʁajd/ ride /ʁajd/ ridions /ʁaj.djɔ̃/ ridiez /ʁaj.dje/ rident /ʁajd/ imperfect 2 ridasse /ʁaj.das/ ridasses /ʁaj.das/ ridât /ʁaj.da/ ridassions /ʁaj.da.sjɔ̃/ ridassiez /ʁaj.da.sje/ ridassent /ʁaj.das/ (compound tenses) past present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle pluperfect 2 imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle imperative – tu – nous vous – simple — ride /ʁajd/ — ridons /ʁaj.dɔ̃/ ridez /ʁaj.de/ — compound — simple imperative ofavoir + past participle — simple imperative ofavoir + past participle simple imperative ofavoir + past participle — 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen .2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French , pp.77 ,78 ,79 ,81 ).
rider
tolaugh rider (apocopated )
apocopic form ofridere ( “ tolaugh ” ) rider
alternative form ofryder FromOld French rider ( “ to wrinkle ” ) , fromOld High German rīdan ( “ to turn; twist ” ) .
rider
towrinkle Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. Conjugation ofrider
infinitive simple rider compound avoir + past participlepresent participle 1 orgerund 2 simple ridant compound present participle or gerund ofavoir + past participle past participle ridé singular plural first second third first second third indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles (simple tenses) present ride rides ride ridons ridez rident imperfect ridois ,ridoys ridois ,ridoys ridoit ,ridoyt ridions ,ridyons ridiez ,ridyez ridoient ,ridoyent past historic rida ridas rida ridasmes ridastes riderent future riderai ,rideray rideras ridera riderons riderez rideront conditional riderois ,rideroys riderois ,rideroys rideroit ,rideroyt riderions ,rideryons rideriez ,rideryez rideroient ,rideroyent (compound tenses) present perfect present indicative ofavoir + past participle pluperfect imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle past anterior past historic ofavoir + past participle future perfect future ofavoir + past participle conditional perfect conditional ofavoir + past participle subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles (simple tenses) present ride rides ride ridons ridez rident imperfect ridasse ridasses ridast ridassions ridassiez ridassent (compound tenses) past present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle pluperfect imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle imperative – tu – nous vous – simple — ride — ridons ridez — compound — simple imperative ofavoir + past participle — simple imperative ofavoir + past participle simple imperative ofavoir + past participle — 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995],Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée , p.179 ). TheFrench Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with prepositionen , as inModern French , although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995],op. cit. , p.180 ).
From the verbrîden ( “ ride ” ) . Cognate withEnglish rider andGerman Reiter ( “ rider ” ) .
rîder
arider rider
present ofride rider m (plural rideres )
rider ,biker ( motorcyclist ) rider
present indicative ofrida