abider

noun

abid·​er ə-ˈbī-dər 

plural abiders

: a person who conforms to or abides by a rule or law

… a product of civilization, an attendee of picnics, a player of softball, an earnest student, an abider of the law of the land.

—Pierre Davis, A Breed Apart, 2009

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for abider

• collider
• confider
• divider
• insider
• outsider
• provider
• cider
• cyder
• eider
• glider
• hider
• rider