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strider

/ˈstɹaɪdə/STRIGH-dur
/ˈstɹaɪdɚ/STRIGH-dur

Meaningone that strides

Common meaning: a person or thing that strides

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishstridansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishstridensource
  3. Englishstride‘to walk with long steps’
  4. Englishformed in English from stridestrider‘a person or thing that strides’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: one that strides. It can be inferred from any of: stride.

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from stride + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • stridan Old English · source word “striding”

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