Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who guides; a guide or director.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A guide; a director.

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  • noun One who guides.

Etymologies

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From Middle English gider, gyder, equivalent to guide +‎ -er.

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Examples

  • Une petite étoile, elle est capable de guider le marin dans la mer, une seule étincelle peut toujours allumer un incendie gigantesque.

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • Well, now it seems the show, created by "Friday Night Lights" guider Jason Katims, is finally starting to pick up some mojo, winning its time slot Tuesday night for perhaps the first time, even managing to beat out a new episode of ABC's "The Good Wife."

    I always suspected Ronald McDonald was pretty much pure evil Reel Fanatic 2010

  • Well, now it seems the show, created by "Friday Night Lights" guider Jason Katims, is finally starting to pick up some mojo, winning its time slot Tuesday night for perhaps the first time, even managing to beat out a new episode of ABC's "The Good Wife."

    Archive 2010-04-01 Reel Fanatic 2010

  • Set up finish-line area, medical tents and chip guider/collectors, pass out water and heat sheets to finishers, chip removal.

    Long May You Run Chris Cooper 2010

  • They are believed to represent the deity Xolotl, in his role as guider of souls in the underworld and also provide some symbolic food for the departed on his or her journey.

    Did You Know? Mexico is home to oldest indigenous American domesticated dog breed. 2008

  • Une petite étoile, elle est capable de guider le marin dans la mer, une seule étincelle peut toujours allumer un incendie gigantesque.

    Sorrisi e canzoni XLIII 2008

  • They are believed to represent the deity Xolotl, in his role as guider of souls in the underworld and also provide some symbolic food for the departed on his or her journey.

    Did You Know? Mexico is home to oldest indigenous American domesticated dog breed. 2008

  • In contrast, however, the traditional role of the American cantor has remained that of shaliah zibbur, the leader for ritual duties and musical guider-inspirer of congregational prayer.

    Cantors: American Jewish Women. 2009

  • She said she had been Ashamed to be an American until the last 20 years, I presume under the guidance of Mr. Wright, their "right" leader and guider.

    Jeremiah Wright Steps Down From Obama Campaign 2009

  • David Lindo is a broadcaster, writer, talker, and bird guider.

    Celebrate Urban Birds DNLee 2009

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