meaning of rider
1. One who, or that which, rides.
2. Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.
3. One who breaks or manages a horse.
4. 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.
5. A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
6. A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
7. Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
8. An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ships hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.
9. The second tier of casks in a vessels hold.
10. 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.
11. A robber.
12. a clause that is appended to a legislative bill
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