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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

cavaleiro

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ka.vaˈlej.ɾu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rider/ˈraɪ.dər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2150 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O cavaleiro cruzou a ponte rapidamente."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An additional clause or amendment added to a legislative bill, contract, or insurance policy.

    "The senator attached a controversial rider to the federal budget bill."
  2. 2

    A person who is riding a horse, bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle.

    "The motorcycle rider signaled before changing lanes on the highway."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'rīdere', meaning a mounted horseman, originating from the Proto-Germanic 'rīdijaną' (to ride). Over centuries, the semantic scope expanded from equestrian travelers to operators of vehicles, and later into legal and legislative jargon denoting an additional clause appended to a main document.

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