rider

See also: Rider

English

Etymology

From Middle English ryder, ridere, from Late Old English rīdere (“rider, knight”); equivalent to ride +‎ -er. Compare Dutch rijder, German Reiter.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: rī'də, IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.də/, [ˈɹ̠aɪdə]
(General American) enPR: rī'dər, IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.dəɹ/, [ˈɹ̠aɪɾɚ]
(Canada, Inland Northern American) enPR: rī'dər, IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.dəɹ/, [ˈɹ̠äɪɾɚ]
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)
Homophone: writer (some accents)

Noun

rider (plural riders)

A mounted person.
1. (now archaic or historical) A knight, or other mounted warrior. [from 11th c.]
2. 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”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
    His mouldy money! half a dozen riders.
3. (generally) Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc. [from 14th c.]
4. (now historical or archaic) A mounted robber; a bandit, especially in the Scottish borders. [from 16th c.]
  - '1655, William Drummond of Hawthornden, History of Scotland […]
    In Evosdale eight and fourty notorious Riders are hung on growing Trees, the most famous of which was John Arm-Strong
5. (obsolete) Someone who breaks in or manages a horse; a riding master. [16th–17th c.]
  - c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
    They are taught their mannage, and to that end Riders deerely hir'd.
6. (now rare, historical) An agent who goes out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller or travelling 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 London rider, the latter of whom I envied for his smartness and self-complacency.
7. (now chiefly US) Someone riding in a vehicle; a passenger on public 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.”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:
    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.
An addition, supplement.
1. (politics) A supplementary clause added to a document after drafting, especially to a bill under the consideration of a legislature. [from 17th c.]
2. An amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements. [from 20th c.]
3. An additional matter or question arising in corollary; a qualification. [from 19th c.]
  - 2015, Ed Glinert, East End Chronicles‎, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
    But they would hush momentarily for the farce, specially if billed with the grand rider: 'licensed by the Lord Chamberlain expressly for this theatre'.
4. A supplementary question, now especially in mathematics. [from 19th c.]
  - 1886, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, The Wind of Destiny
    This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer.
Technical senses.
1. (shipbuilding) 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. [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 and rider
2. (mining, now rare) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it. [from 17th c.]
3. (nautical, in the plural) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold. [from 19th c.]
4. A small, sliding piece of thin metal on a balance, used to determine small weights. [from 19th c.]
5. (cartomancy) The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.
6. (chess) 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.

Derived terms

black rider (Famine)
forerider
pale rider (Death)
red rider (War)
roughrider, rough rider
white rider (Conquest)

Translations

one who rides — See also translations at cyclist,‎ driver

Albanian: kalorës (sq) m
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)
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), Mitfahrer (de) m, Mitfahrerin (de)
Greek: αναβάτης (el) m (anavátis)
Hungarian: lovas (hu)
Irish: marcach m
Italian: (on a horse) cavaliere (it) m, (on a motorbike) motociclista (it) m, centauro (it) m
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) (atçan)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latgalian: juojiejs m, raitinīks m
Latin: (on a horse) rector m, (in a carriage) vector (la) m
Latvian: jājējs m, jātnieks m
Lithuanian: raitelis m, jojikas m
Macedonian: јавач m (javač), јавачка f (javačka)
Manx: markiagh m
Maori: kaieke
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: морьтон (mn) (morʹton)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rytter (no) m
Nynorsk: ryttar m
Old English: ridda m
Old High German: ritto m
Persian: اسب‌سوار‎ (asb-savâr), سوار‎ (fa) (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: (on horseback) यावन् (sa) m (yāvan)
Scottish Gaelic: marcach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ја̀ха̄ч m, јаха̀чица f
Roman: 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
Swedish: ryttare (sv) c
Tajik: савор (savor)
Thai: ผู้ขี่ (pûu-kìi)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: atlı (tr)
Ukrainian: ве́ршник m (véršnyk), ве́ршниця f (véršnycja), наї́зник m (najíznyk), наї́зниця f (najíznycja)
Uzbek: otliq (uz)
Vietnamese: người cưỡi ngựa, kị sĩ (vi)
Welsh: marchog m (on a horse), beiciwr (cy) m (on a bicycle)

politics: additional provision annexed to a bill

Bulgarian: допълни́телна кла́уза f (dopǎlnítelna kláuza)
Finnish: ponsi (fi)
German: Zusatzklausel f
Icelandic: viðauki við samning (is) m
Irish: aguisín m
Latin: adiectio f
Russian: дополне́ние (к докуме́нту) (ru) n (dopolnénije (k dokuméntu))

something extra or burdensome that is imposed

amendment to an entertainer's performance contract

Finnish: lisäehdot pl
Latin: adiectio f
Russian: ра́йдер (ru) m (rájdɛr) (colloquial)

additional benefit attached to an insurance contract

Finnish: lisäetu

small, sliding piece on a chemical balance

commercial traveller

Finnish: kauppamatkustaja

one who breaks in or manages a horse

German: Zureiter m

first Lenormand card

Finnish: ratsastaja (fi)

math: problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper

Irish: fo-fhadhb f

old Dutch gold coin

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

robber — see robber

chess: piece which moves any distance in one direction

Anagrams

direr, drier, reird

Danish

Noun

rider c

indefinite plural of ride

Verb

rider

present of ride

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French rider, from Old French rider (“to wrinkle”), from Old High German rīdan, wrīdan (“to turn; twist; wind; wring; wind up; wrench”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan (“to turn, twist”). Cognate with German reiden (“to turn; tie up; lace”). More at writhe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁi.de/
Audio (file)

Verb

rider

(transitive, intransitive) to wrinkle

Conjugation

Conjugation of rider (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	rider
present participle or gerund¹	simple	ridant /ʁi.dɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past 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 historic²	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 of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + 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/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	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 of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	ride /ʁid/	—	ridons /ʁi.dɔ̃/	ridez /ʁi.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
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).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ride.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁaj.de/

Verb

rider

(Louisiana, Cajun) to ride

Conjugation

Conjugation of rider (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	rider
present participle or gerund¹	simple	ridant /ʁaj.dɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past 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 historic²	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 of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + 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/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	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 of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	ride /ʁajd/	—	ridons /ʁaj.dɔ̃/	ridez /ʁaj.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
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).

Interlingua

Verb

rider

to laugh

Related terms

surrider

Middle English

Noun

rider

Alternative form of ryder

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rider (“to wrinkle”), from Old High German rīdan (“to turn; twist”).

Verb

rider

to wrinkle

Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of rider

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	rider
present participle¹ or gerund²	simple	ridant
present participle¹ or gerund²	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + 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 of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + 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
(simple tenses)	imperfect	ridasse	ridasses	ridast	ridassions	ridassiez	ridassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	ride	—	ridons	ridez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + 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). The French 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 preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

French: rider

Middle Low German

Etymology

From the verb rîden (“ride”). Cognate with English rider and German Reiter (“rider”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /riːðər/

Noun

rîder

a rider

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rider

present of ride

Spanish

Noun

rider m (plural rideres)

rider, biker (motorcyclist)

Swedish

Verb

rider

present tense of rida.

Anagrams

dirre

rider

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

Verb

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Interlingua

Verb

Related terms

Middle English

Noun

Middle French

Etymology

Verb

Conjugation

Descendants

Middle Low German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

Spanish

Noun

Swedish

Verb

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