Meaning and Origin
What does the name Rider mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
- One who, or that which, rides.
- Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.(Eng)
- One who breaks or manages a horse.
- An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed."After the third reading, a foolish man stood up to propose a rider." [Macaulay.]"This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer." [A. S. Hardy.]
- [Math] A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
- A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it."His moldy money ! half a dozen riders." [J. Fletcher.]
Etymology: D. rijder
- [Mining] Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
- [Shipbuilding] An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.
- [Naut] The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
- A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.
- A robber.(Obs. or Prov. Eng)
- A clause that is appended to a legislative bill
- A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
- A traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
- A traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle)
From rider
- A surname. More often spelled Ryder.