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单词 outrider
释义 outrider
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: out (III) + rider (after ride out, v.)
1.
 a.
  (1) : an attendant on horseback who rides ahead of or next to a carriage
   < rode in a six-horse coach with liveried lackeys and outridersTime >
  (2) : a mounted attendant who escorts race horses to the starting post
 b. : one who clears the way for a vehicle or person
  < a long black limousine with two motorcycle outriders — Albert Hubbell >
  < swept into the headquarters building with outriders brushing reporters … out of his path — Time >
 c. : a member of an advance guard or detachment
  < she is an advanced outrider of feminism — Christopher Rand >
 d. : something that precedes or announces the approach of what is to come : harbinger, portent
  < are these shadows on so many of our horizons the outriders of another long night — Gilbert Highet >
  < that sugar maple … a flaming torch, an outrider of winter — Margaret A. Barnes >
2. dialect : traveling salesman
3.
 a. : a cowboy who rides an inspection about the range
 b. : scout
  < a hawk, who was acting as outrider, observed a truck coming toward them — James Thurber >
4. : outride
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