outrider

out·rid·er

noun \-ˌrī-dər\

Definition of OUTRIDER

1

: a mounted attendant

2

: one who escorts or clears the way for a vehicle or person

3

: forerunner, harbinger <outriders of a new political movement>

Examples of OUTRIDER

1. <sexologist Alfred Kinsey is now viewed as an outrider of the sexual revolution of the 1960s>

First Known Use of OUTRIDER

circa 1530

Related to OUTRIDER

Synonyms: angel, foregoer, harbinger, herald, forerunner, precursor

Related Words: foreboder, foreshadower, foretaste, forewarning; advertiser, announcer, blazoner, crier, proclaimer; courier, messenger, runner; augury, auspice, boding, foreboding, foreshadowing, omen, portent, prefiguring, presage; mark, sign, symptom; bellwether

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Rhymes with OUTRIDER

abider, backslider, collider, confider, decider, derider, divider, free rider, hang glider, hard cider, insider, joyrider, lowrider, misguider, night rider, outsider, presider, provider, resider, sea spider, Top-Sider, wolf spider