Definition of Rider

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Definition of Rider

Rider

One who, or that which, rides.

Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.

One who breaks or manages a horse.

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.

A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.

A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.

Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.

An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.

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.

A robber.

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Rider Quotations

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.
Martin Luther

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.
Saint Augustine

I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring. We'll see.
Patton Oswalt

In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine.
Chris LeDoux

I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
Barry White

Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.
Evel Knievel

Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles - a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour.
Buffalo Bill

Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.
Buffalo Bill

Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.
Valentino Rossi

Rider Translations

rider in Afrikaans is bylae
rider in Danish is bilag
rider in Dutch is aanhangsel, bijlage, appendix
rider in Portuguese is cavaleiro
rider in Spanish is jinete
rider in Swedish is ryttare, cyklist

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