A surname originating as an occupation. More often spelled Ryder.

(now archaic or historical) A knight, or other mounted warrior. / An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.

plural of rider

Of a fence: having stakes laid across the bars. / Having a rider (supplementary clause).

Someone who obtains goods or services legally without paying. / (economics) One who obtains benefit from a public good without paying for it directly.

plural of batty rider

(US, politics, historical) In the United States during 1961, a civil rights activist who participated in one or more trips by bus or other forms of transport, known as freedom rides, through parts of the southern U.S. to demonstrate opposition to racial prejudice and segregation.

plural of boundary rider

Alternative form of boundary rider

(Australia) A person employed to travel along the boundary of a station, to check and maintain the fencing.