outrider
outrider Lexical Profile
outrider Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person on a motorcycle or horseback who rides ahead of or alongside a vehicle or procession as an attendant, guard, or escort.
"Police outriders on motorcycles cleared the busy intersection ahead of the diplomatic motorcade."
North American A mounted cowboy or ranch hand who rides along the outer perimeter of a herd or range to keep cattle from straying, or who accompanies a chuckwagon race team.
"The outriders worked through the afternoon to keep the straying cattle within the boundaries of the valley."
A forerunner, pioneer, or vanguard of a movement, trend, or political group.
"Those early independent filmmakers served as outriders for a bold new era of cinema."
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English outridere, denoting a bailiff or officer who rode out to inspect manorial estates, formed from out- and rider.