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rider

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English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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rider (plural riders)

  1. 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.]
    3. (generally) Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc. [from 14th c.]
      • 1807, [Miss Guion], chapter II, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC, page 23:
        The eyes of Holstein de Dorenstorff stared, wildly, upon a figure, which at this instant appeared, mounted on a beautiful beast, […]; its rider was enveloped in a kind of large, concealing coat, which well answered the intent of its purport: […]
    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, [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.
    8. (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[1], →ISSN:
        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.
  2. 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.]
      • 2023 July 10, 1:07:39 from the start, in The Making of IMMORTALITY‎[2]:
        I had sixteen nudity riders to sign and having Jean, our intimacy coordinator, Jean Franzblau, was absolutely pivotal to being able to do this.
    3. An additional matter or question arising in corollary; a qualification. [from 19th c.]
      • 2015, Ed Glinert, East End Chronicles‎[3], 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.
    5. (insurance) An add-on to an insurance policy.
  3. 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.

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robber — see robber

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Noun

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rider c

  1. indefinite plural of ride

Verb

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rider

  1. present of ride

French

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Etymology 1

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Inherited 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

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Verb

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rider

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to wrinkle
Conjugation
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Conjugation of rider (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rider
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ridant
/ʁi.dɑ̃/
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/
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
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).

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English ride.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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rider

  1. (Louisiana, Cajun) to ride
Conjugation
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Conjugation of rider (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rider
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ridant
/ʁaj.dɑ̃/
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/
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
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

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rider

  1. to laugh
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Middle English

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rider

  1. Alternative form of ryder

Middle French

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Etymology

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

Verb

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rider

  1. to wrinkle

Conjugation

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  • 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 simple rider
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple ridant
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
imperfect ridasse ridasses ridast ridassions ridassiez ridassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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

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  • French: rider

Middle Low German

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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rîder

  1. a rider

Norwegian Bokmål

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rider

  1. present of ride

Spanish

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Noun

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rider m (plural rideres)

  1. rider, biker (motorcyclist)

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rider

  1. present indicative of rida

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