OUTRIDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outrider mean? 

• OUTRIDER (noun)
  The noun OUTRIDER has 1 sense:

1. an escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard)

  Familiarity information: OUTRIDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTRIDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("outrider" is a kind of...):

bodyguard; escort (someone who escorts and protects a prominent person)

 Context examples 

The sense of sleep was upon me, and with it the obstinacy which sleep brings as outrider.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)