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Definition of "nightrider" [nightrider]

  • One of a secret band of mounted, usually masked white men who engaged in nocturnal terrorism for revenge or intimidation in the southern United States especially during Reconstruction. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "nightrider" in a sentence
  • "Found this nifty trick when I caught the nightrider home at 3am (expired at 6am), then validated to go to work the same/next day at 10am – expired 3am the next day."
  • "A masked, armed nightrider who admitted terrorizing freed slaves, William Stewart Simkins proudly spoke of beating a "darkey" with a barrel stave."
  • "Found this nifty trick when I caught the nightrider home at 3am expired at 6am, then validated to go to work the same/next day at 10am – expired 3am the next day."