Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sieve: now usually riddle.
  • To sift; riddle.
  • noun One who or that which rids, frees, or relieves.

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

  • noun One who, or that which, rids.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who, or that which, rids.

Etymologies

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rid +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Are two dailies under one ownership (with the same web site) by a national media company (knight ridder) better than one locally owned and operated one?

    Eschaton 2003

  • Are two dailies under one ownership (with the same web site) by a national media company (knight ridder) better than one locally owned and operated one?

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  • She use my June lightning, the strong insect-ridder

    Obiter Dicta Augustine Birrell 1891

  • She use my June lightning, the strong insect-ridder

    Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864

  • Adult ridden only, rear shock set up for heavy ridder stock spring comes with bike

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  • You can make your own ant ridder by combining 1 cup Borax with 2 tbsp. icing sugar; add a few drops of honey.

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  • There is also a Site you can go to to talk to people that have PML OR are care givers of people with PML who are unable to get on a computer to write: health. groups.yahoo.com I was one of these people at one time when I was bed ridder for THREE months and given 2 weeks to live.

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • In the brain teasers section, you'll find games that kids can learn to strategise with - battleground games, interlocking puzzles, colour-identification games like Chinese spiel, the mathematical hex game, and the eternal boredom-ridder - tic-tac-toe.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • If the owner ties the horse up to a fence for a few hours or puts a saddle on their back and makes the horse carry a ridder for several hours.

    unknown title 2009

  • Meneer Schnauzer mailde me vanochtend: Hierbij sla ik Marco officieel tot ridder in de orde van het Schnauzer Radio Orkest.

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