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nightrider

noun

Etymology

From night + rider.

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

Definitions

  1. A member of a vigilante group that carried out nighttime raids.

  2. A member of the Ku Klux Klan, especially during the Reconstruction Era.

  3. A fairy chess piece which moves in the direction of the knight any number of times.

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