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NIGHT RIDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does night rider mean?
• NIGHT RIDER (noun)
The noun NIGHT RIDER has 1 sense:
1. member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge
Familiarity information: NIGHT RIDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
night rider; nightrider
Hypernyms ("night rider" is a kind of...):
aggressor; assailant; assaulter; attacker (someone who attacks)
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