outrider

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noun

A guide or escort, especially one who rides in advance.

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OriginMiddle English outridere →
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Meanings

nounoutrider (plural outriders)

plural outriders

  1. A guide or escort, especially one who rides in advance.

    Then they went from farmhouse to farmhouse, two little girls walking at the head of the procession as bridesmaids, and six or eight outriders galloping ahead on hobby-horses to announce their coming.

    1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 91
  2. One who rides out on horseback to inspect a ranch etc.
  3. figurativelyA forerunner.

    The Winchester MP is something of an outrider for a new project now: moving his party into the space vacated by the Conservative shift to the right under Iain Duncan Smith.

    2001 November 2, “Outrider for a new project”, in BBC News

    Synonyms: precursor, harbinger, trailblazer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA forerunner.

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precursorharbingertrailblazer
Also see
trailblazer

Origin

  1. Middle Englishoutridere
  2. Englishoutrider

From Middle English outridere.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with outrider

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Cite this entry
APA

outrider. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrider

MLA

“outrider.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrider. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outrider,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrider.

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