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nightrider

[ nahyt-rahy-der ]

noun

  1. one of a band of mounted men, especially in the southern U.S. during Reconstruction, who committed nocturnal acts of violence and intimidation against Black people and Black sympathizers.


nightrider

/ ˈnaɪtˌraɪdə /

noun

  1. a member of a band of mounted and usually masked White people in the southern US who carried out acts of revenge and intimidation at night after the Civil War
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈnightˌriding, noun
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Other Words From

  • nightriding noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nightrider1

First recorded in 1875–80; night + rider
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Example Sentences

Miss Lucy, she is awful favourable to all this nightrider business.

The pirate and the nightrider are nothing to the fox, for romance and danger.

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