rideressn.
/ˈrʌɪd(ə)rᵻs/, /rʌɪdəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈraɪdərəs/ rare.
A female rider; spec. (a) a female equestrian; (b) a female cyclist.
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1849 W. M. Thackeray Out of Town vi Where are the dear rideresses, above all?
1881 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 545 Freyja..once was a Cloud Rideress and a Swan Virgin.
1912 St. Nicholas Sept. 1014/2 The brave riders and fair rideresses enter upon the scene. Behold the prancing steeds!
1974 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 16 Aug. 16/5 The lone rideress... Patty Rose, 23, says no one has contested her claim as the first woman to have pedaled a bicycle through Death Valley.
1992 A. C. Richard Hispanic Image on Silver Screen 293 Lon joins a circus and falls for Consuelo, the bare back rideress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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