Forerider

//ˈfɔːɹʌɪdə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who rides at the front; a scout, or someone in the vanguard.

    "So within a whyle cam in the foreryders, that is for to say Sir Bors, Sir Bedwere, Sir Lyonell, and Sir Gawayne that was sore wounded […]."

Example

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"So within a whyle cam in the foreryders, that is for to say Sir Bors, Sir Bedwere, Sir Lyonell, and Sir Gawayne that was sore wounded […]."

Etymology

From fore- + rider. Compare German Vorreiter.

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