ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: out (III) + rider (after ride out, v.)
1.
a.
(1) : an attendant on horseback who rides ahead of or next to a carriage
rode in a six-horse coach with liveried lackeys and outriders — Time
(2) : a mounted attendant who escorts race horses to the starting post
b. : one who clears the way for a vehicle or person
a long black limousine with two motorcycle outriders — Albert Hubbell
swept into the headquarters building with outriders brushing reporters … out of his path — Time
c. : a member of an advance guard or detachment
she is an advanced outrider of feminism — Christopher Rand
d. : something that precedes or announces the approach of what is to come : harbinger , portent
are these shadows on so many of our horizons the outriders of another long night — Gilbert Highet
that sugar maple … a flaming torch, an outrider of winter — Margaret A. Barnes
2. dialect : traveling salesman
3.
a. : a cowboy who rides an inspection about the range
b. : scout
a hawk, who was acting as outrider , observed a truck coming toward them — James Thurber
4. : outride