Rider
Rider (rīd"ẽr) , noun
1.
One who, or that which, rides.
2.
Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler. [English]
3.
One who breaks or manages a horse. — Shakespeare
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.
This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer.
5.
(Mathematics) A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
6.
A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
His moldy money! half a dozen riders.
7.
(Mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
8.
(Shipbuilding) 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. — Totten
9.
(Nautical) 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. [Obsolete or Provincial English] — Drummond
Collocations (1)
Rider's bone (Medicine) , 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.