forerider

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UK/ˈfɔːɹʌɪdə/

noun

Someone who rides at the front; a scout, or someone in the vanguard.

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Meanings

nounforerider (plural foreriders)

plural foreriders

  1. Someone who rides at the front; a scout, or someone in the vanguard.

    So within a whyle cam in the foreryders, that is for to say Sir Bors, Sir Bedwere, Sir Lyonell, and Sir Gawayne that was sore wounded […].

    , Book V

Origin

From fore- + rider. Compare German Vorreiter.

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APA

forerider. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forerider

MLA

“forerider.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forerider. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forerider,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forerider.

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