riversidern.
/ˈrɪvəsʌɪdə/, U.S. /ˈrɪvərˌsaɪdər/ A person who lives on or near the banks of a river.
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1866 Mem. Reunion Natives of Westhampton 74 ‘Long Division’, the Westhampton of the olden time, was once looked down upon by the river-siders as a rather inferior sort.
1889 C. C. Rhys Up for Season 282 Few but will say Something kind of the old riversider.
1934 Times 15 Mar. 10/2 The [Thames waterbus] service will be a public utility, much wanted and needed by a large section of the London public, particularly the riversiders.
1985 A. E. Atmore in R. Oliver & G. N. Sanderson Cambr. Hist. of Afr. VI. i. 68 Cassava..was grown by the ‘inland’ people away from the rivers, and was traded to the riversiders.
2008 Observer 5 Oct. (Television guide) 6/1 Bruce Parry looks at how riversiders are being encouraged to preserve the fragile ecology of the Amazon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1866- to feel virtuous
- to feeze about
- to feign a fault upon, against
- to feign a slander upon, against
- to feign to oneself
- to feign upon, against
- to felt together
- to felter together
- to fence
- to fence a band
- to fence off
- to fence out
- to fence the tables
- to fence with
- to fend and prove
- to fend back
- to fend for
- to fend for oneself
- to feoff one person to the use of
- to feoff to the use of
- to fere to god
- to ferret about
- to ferret out
- to ferret up and down
- to fester into