Nightrider

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a vigilante group that carried out nighttime raids. US, historical
  2. 2
    member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge wordnet
  3. 3
    A member of the Ku Klux Klan, especially during the Reconstruction Era. US, capitalized, historical, often
  4. 4
    A fairy chess piece which moves in the direction of the knight any number of times.

Synonyms

All synonyms
night ridernight riderwhitecapper

Etymology

From night + rider.

Related phrases

ku klux klan

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