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n. - Member of a secret mounted band in United States south after the American Civil War.

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  • Just be careful not to look like a Klan nightrider.
  • A masked, armed nightrider who admitted terrorizing freed slaves, William Stewart Simkins proudly spoke of beating a "darkey" with a barrel stave.
  • Found this nifty trick when I caught the nightrider home at 3am expired at 6am, then validated to go to work the same/next day at 10am – expired 3am the next day.
  • Found this nifty trick when I caught the nightrider home at 3am (expired at 6am), then validated to go to work the same/next day at 10am – expired 3am the next day.
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