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outrider en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English outridere.

Meanings

  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. (figuratively) A 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:

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Relateds

vanguard · outriding

Synonyms

harbinger · trailblazer · precursor