rijder

noun

rij·​der

variants or less commonly rider

ˈrī-dər 

plural rijders also riders

: a 17th and 18th century gold coin of the Netherlands bearing a horseman on the obverse

Word History

First Known Use

1617, in the meaning defined above

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