ryder
See also: Ryder
English
Etymology
Dutch rijder, properly, a rider.
Noun
ryder (plural ryders)
- (obsolete) A clause added to a document; a rider.
- (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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)
- A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse.
- A horseman or mounted combatant; a knight.
Descendants
- English: rider
References
- “rīder(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-08.
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