Rider

See also: rider

English

Etymology

As an English surname, from the noun rider
Also as an English surname, from Old English rēodan (“to clear out”), from Proto-West Germanic *reudan. Compare Reeder.
Also as an English surname, from dialectal rithe (“small stream”).
As an Irish surname, calque of Irish ó marcaigh (“descendant of the (horse)rider”). This is also found directly in Markey.
As a German surname, Americanized from Reiter.

Proper noun

Rider

A surname originating as an occupation. More often spelled Ryder.

Anagrams

direr, drier, reird

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