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dragonrider

dragonrider noun: one who rides a dragon.

Noun

dragonrider (plural dragonriders)

  1. One who rides a dragon.
    • Those handsome dragonriders, too, so brave in their wher-hide accouterments, proud on the necks of their great beasts—they did not submit kindly to close examination without a few disappointing revelations.1968, Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published 1974, →ISBN, page 108
    • The dragonriders turned their beasts, two hundred beasts at least, treading once again over the crops they had already destroyed.1984, Eric Affabee, The Siege of the Dragonriders (Wizards, Warriors & You; 2), New York, N.Y.: Avon, →ISBN, page 4

Forms of dragonrider

pluraldragonriders

Origin of dragonrider

From dragon + rider.

Questions about dragonrider

What does dragonrider mean?
Dragonrider means one who rides a dragon.
What part of speech is dragonrider?
Dragonrider is a noun.
What is the plural of dragonrider?
The plural of dragonrider is dragonriders.

Words near dragonrider in the dictionary

  1. dragonoids
  2. dragonologist
  3. dragonologists
  4. dragonology
  5. dragonproof
  6. dragonrider
  7. dragonriders
  8. dragonriding
  9. dragonroot
  10. dragons
  11. dragons' den

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