ryder

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English

Etymology

Dutch rijder, properly, a rider.

Noun

ryder (plural ryders)

  1. (obsolete) A clause added to a document; a rider.
  2. (obsolete) A gold coin of Zealand (Netherlands) worth 14 florins.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ryder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams


Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English rīder, from riden +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

ryder (plural ryders or rideren)

  1. A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse.
  2. A horseman or mounted combatant; a knight.

Descendants

  • English: rider

References