night rider

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Definition of night ridernext
as in nightwalker

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Recent Examples of night rider April 18th is one of the most important dates in American history and marks the night riders warned fellow patriots that British troops were on the move. — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026 By the end of the school year, pretty much every item in the apparatus of Southern civil-rights resistance had made an appearance in Clinton, from anti-Black slurs and heckling to cross burnings, bombings, and Ku Klux Klan night riders. — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023 Have things really changed all that much since the days of Jim Crow and the night riders? — Michele Langevine Leiby, chicagotribune.com, 17 July 2019
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  1. nightwalker
  2. night owl
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  • So a book detailing the existence of nightwalkers doesn’t exactly stop the presses.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 June 2026
Definition of nightwalker
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  • What a chronotype actually is A chronotype is far more specific than the familiar morning person versus night owl divide.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
  • One study found that while two-thirds of the general population claim to be night owls, their chances of success are much slimmer than those of morning people.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 July 2026
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“Night rider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20rider. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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