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riderless

riderless adjective: without or deprived of a rider.

Adjective

riderless (not comparable)

  1. Without or deprived of a rider.
    • […] the spectacle of Rob the Grinder returning down the street, leading the riderless horse, appeared to have some extraneous interest […]1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Chapter 46”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC

Origin of riderless

From rider + -less.

Questions about riderless

What does riderless mean?
Riderless means without or deprived of a rider.
What part of speech is riderless?
Riderless is an adjective.

Words near riderless in the dictionary

  1. rideouts
  2. rider
  3. rider's bone
  4. ridered
  5. rideress
  6. riderless
  7. riders
  8. ridership
  9. riderships
  10. rides
  11. rides a horse foaled by an acorn

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