Noun

(en noun)

A person who is dear to one.

*{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1

, passage=But Richmond, his grandfather's darling , after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.}}

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 15, author=Felicity Cloake, work=Guardian

, title= How to cook the perfect nut roast , passage=If there's such a thing as pariah food – a recipe shunned by mainstream menus, mocked to near extinction and consigned to niche hinterlands for evermore – then the nut roast, a dish whose very name has become a watchword for sawdusty disappointment, is surely a strong contender. One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.}}

Noun

(en noun)

one who rides, often a horse or motorcycle

(politics) a provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill

(by extension) Something extra or burdensome that is imposed.

* A. S. Hardy

This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer.

an amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements

A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights

(UK, archaic) An agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller.

(obsolete) One who breaks in or manages a horse.

(Shakespeare)

(math) A problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper.

An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.

* J. Fletcher

His mouldy money! half a dozen riders .

(mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.

(shipbuilding) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen the frame.

(Totten)

(nautical) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.

A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.

(obsolete, UK, dialect) A robber.

(Drummond)