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单词 after-rider
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after-rider
after-rider n.
Brit. /ˈɑːftəˌrʌɪdə/
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/ˈaftəˌrʌɪdə/
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U.S. /ˈæftərˌraɪdər/
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South African English /ˈɑːftəˌraɪdə/
[after South African Dutch achterrijder agterryer n.] South African (now historical and rare) a mounted groom or other attendant.
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1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 132 Two boors on horseback, attended by two Hottentot achter-ryders, or according to colonial pronunciation, achter-ryers, (after-riders,) passing by, halted for about ten minutes.
1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. v. 105 A horseman..accompanied by an after-rider leading a spare horse.
1907 W. C. Scully By Veldt & Kopje 27 An alert-looking Hottentot was assigned to me as an after-rider and guide.
1944 J. Mockford Here are S. Africans 72 The guns were piled up in charge of the coloured after-riders at the two milk trees at the Boer encampment.
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