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Noun: nightrider  'nIt,rI-du(r)
  1. Member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge
    "The nightriders terrorized freed slaves and their supporters";
    - night rider

Derived forms: nightriders, night riders

Type of: aggressor, assailant, assailer, assaulter, attacker

Encyclopedia: Nightrider