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  • noun Plural form of outrider.

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Examples

  • Accompanied by her favorite daughter Beatrice and her husband, Prince Henry of Battenberg, the queen was driven to Buckingham Palace, preceded by a detachment of her celebrated Life Guards, outriders from the same regiment being detailed for each side of Her Majesty's carriage.

    Hawaii's Story, by Hawaii's Queen 1898

  • The report said areas where levels were low needed to learn from such "outriders" and be given help and support if the vulnerable were not to fall further behind.

    Big society 'could widen volunteer gap between town and country' 2011

  • So yesterday saw the launch by the "outriders" Milburn and Clarke of Anyone But Gordon The 2020 Vision policy debate.

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • As I ferried volunteers to their lodgings in the "Negro Quarters" each night, in my Volkswagen bus, followed by whites seeking to track us to our homes, I was accompanied by two "outriders" with shotguns.

    'Skeleton in the Closet' Dickemann, Jeffrey M. 2001

  • The "outriders," made up of the discarded planes, promised to serve their purpose well, and the cabin remained for a comfortable "deck-house."

    The Second Deluge 1890

  • Britain's Labour Frequently described as one of Tony Blair's "outriders", Mr Byers is one of several Labour MPs from the North East of

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The former party chairman warned there was 'not much time left to win' and suggested there was a need for 'outriders' to 'mount daring attacks' on the party's opponents in the absence of a commanding poll lead.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • They might even be right to an extent and the description of thse people as "outriders" is probably apt enough.

    Irish Blogs 2008

  • They might even be right to an extent and the description of thse people as "outriders" is probably apt enough.

    Irish Blogs 2008

  • They might even be right to an extent and the description of thse people as "outriders" is probably apt enough.

    Irish Blogs 2008

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