riderless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English rider Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English riderless From rider + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without or deprived of a rider.
[…] the spectacle of Rob the Grinder returning down the street, leading the riderless horse, appeared to have some extraneous interest […]
1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Chapter 46”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC: