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Definition outrider in British English

outrider noun

[countable] noun
/ˈaʊtˌraɪdə(r)/
1

someone who rides a horse or motorcycle near a vehicle in order to protect an important person who is inside the vehicle

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2

someone or something that is ahead of a trend or outside the main group

Example

These outriders deploy a number of strategies, though they broadly fall into three camps.

Example

It was Liam Fox and Iain Duncan Smith, the cabinet's Conservative outriders, rather than the Tories' junior coalition partners, who proved the most tenacious defenders of their fiefdoms.

Definition outrider in British English