Noun: nightrider 'nIt,rI-du(r)
- 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