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boundary riders

boundary riders is the plural of boundary rider.

Meaning of boundary rider

Noun

boundary rider (plural boundary riders)

  1. (Australia) A person employed to travel along the boundary of a station, to check and maintain the fencing.
    • For these sixty-seven and a half miles of fence we must have three men known as boundary riders. A boundary rider is one whose duty is to see that the fence is in order.1892, National Association of Wool Manufacturers, Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, volume 22, page 348
  2. (Australia, Australian rules football) A commentator on Australian rules football games who reports from the boundary of the field of play, and interviews players on the interchange bench as well as coaching and medical staff.

Questions about boundary riders

What is boundary riders the plural of?
Boundary riders is the plural of boundary rider.

Words near boundary riders in the dictionary

  1. boundary fours
  2. boundary group
  3. boundary homomorphism
  4. boundary homomorphisms
  5. boundary rider
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  7. boundary stone
  8. boundary stones
  9. boundary term
  10. boundary terms
  11. boundary umpire

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