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writer | rider |

As a noun writer

is a person who writes, or produces literary work.

As a proper noun rider is

more often spelled ryder.

writer

English

(wikipedia writer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who writes, or produces literary work.
    • Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet? She’s quite a writer !
  • (historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the (East India Company), who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
  • Anything that writes or produces output.
  • * 2001 , Cay S. Horstmann, ?Gary Cornell, Core Java 2: Fundamentals (page 715)
    • If the writer is set to autoflush mode, then all characters in the buffer are sent to their destination whenever println is called.

    Synonyms

    * author * See also

    Derived terms

    * copy writer * diary-writer * ghost writer * screenwriter * space writer * writer's cramp

    Related terms

    * write * writing

    rider

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who rides, often a horse or motorcycle
  • (politics) a provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill
  • (by extension) Something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
  • * A. S. Hardy
    • This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer.
  • an amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements
  • A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights
  • (UK, archaic) An agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller.
  • (obsolete) One who breaks in or manages a horse.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (math) A problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
  • An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
  • * J. Fletcher
    • His mouldy money! half a dozen riders .
  • (mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
  • (shipbuilding) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen the frame.
    • (Totten)
  • (nautical) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
  • 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.
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) A robber.
    • (Drummond)

    Derived terms

    * white rider (Conquest) * red rider (War) * black rider (Famine) * pale rider (Death)

    See also

    * allonge * driver * germane * passenger

    Anagrams

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