forerider

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ rider. Compare German Vorreiter.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːɹʌɪdə/

Noun

forerider (plural foreriders)

  1. Someone who rides at the front; a scout, or someone in the vanguard.
    • 1485 July 31, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London]: […] [by William Caxton], OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: Published by David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
      , Book V:
      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 […].
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