rider

noun24

1. •
   A mounted person.
2. •
   Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc.

   • BMX rider Saya Sakakibara is all too aware of the risks of her chosen profession. — 2024
3. •
   (Philippines) A motorcycle enthusiast; a motorcycle club member.
4. •
   A boarder, a person who rides a board in boardsports.
5. •
   A skateboarder

   • In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers about riders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.” — 2018
6. •
   A snowboarder
7. •
   An addition, supplement.
8. •
   A supplementary clause added to a document after drafting, especially to a bill under the consideration of a legislature.
9. •
   An amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements.

   • I had sixteen nudity riders to sign and having Jean, our intimacy coordinator, Jean Franzblau, was absolutely pivotal to being able to do this. — 2023
10. •
    An additional matter or question arising in corollary; a qualification.

    • It was generally added, as a rider to this, that although Marxism was scientifically true it was bound to be resisted by the possessing classes, as it prophesied their downfall. — 1978
11. •
    A supplementary question, now especially in mathematics.

    • This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer. — 1886
12. •
    An add-on to an insurance policy.
13. •
    (US) Someone riding in a vehicle; a passenger on public transport.

    • On the London Underground, Piccadilly Circus station is nearly vacant on a weekday morning, while the Delhi Metro is ferrying fewer than half of the riders it used to. — 2021
14. •
    A piece, such as the rook or bishop, which moves any distance in one direction as long as no other piece is in the way.
15. •
    A small, sliding piece of thin metal on a balance, used to determine small weights.
16. •
    An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.

    • His mouldy money! half a dozen riders. — 1609
17. •
    An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen the frame.
18. •
    The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.
19. •
    [in the plural] The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
20. •
    (no longer used, historical) A knight, or other mounted warrior.
21. •
    (no longer used, historical) A mounted robber; a bandit, especially in the Scottish borders.

    • In Ewsdale eight and forty notorious riders are hung on growing trees, the most famous of which was John Armstrong — 1655
22. •
    (no longer used, historical) An agent who goes out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller or travelling salesman.

    • I set out with a Paisley manufacturer and a London rider, the latter of whom I envied for his smartness and self-complacency. — 1790
23. •
    (no longer used) Someone who breaks in or manages a horse; a riding master.

    • They are taught their mannage, and to that end Riders deerely hir'd. — 1598
24. •
    (no longer used) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.