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dragonrider

noun

Etymology

From dragon + rider.

  1. derived from *reudan✻
  2. derived from rēodan — “to clear out”
  3. compounded as dragonrider — “dragon + rider”

Definitions

  1. One who rides a dragon.

    • Those handsome dragonriders, too, so brave in their wher-hide accouterments, proud on the necks of their great beasts—they did not submit kindly to close examination without a few disappointing revelations.
    • The dragonriders turned their beasts, two hundred beasts at least, treading once again over the crops they had already destroyed.
    • Once asleep, a dragon is extremely difficult and even dangerous to wake,[…]. An experienced dragonrider never allows his animal to sleep unless he knows there is a competent wizard nearby.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA