night·rid·er (n t r d r)n. One of a secret band of mounted, usually masked white men who engaged in nocturnal terrorism for revenge or intimidation in the southern United States especially during Reconstruction. |
nightrider [ˈnaɪtˌraɪdə]
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(Historical Terms) a member of a band of mounted and usually masked Whites in the southern US who carried out acts of revenge and intimidation at night after the Civil War
nightriding n
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| Noun | 1. |  nightrider - member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge |
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