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nightrider

noun

nightrider is spelled N-I-G-H-T-R-I-D-E-R: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nightrider means “A member of a vigilante group that carried out nighttime raids” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nightrider is nightriders.

How many letters and syllables are in nightrider?

Letters10: N-I-G-H-T-R-I-D-E-R
In writingabout once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is nightrider?

Nightrider appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of nightrider

  • nightriders plural
  • night rider

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does nightrider mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    USA member of a vigilante group that carried out nighttime raids.

  2. 2

    USA member of the Ku Klux Klan, especially during the Reconstruction Era.

  3. 3

    A fairy chess piece which moves in the direction of the knight any number of times.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does nightrider come from?

From night + rider.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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