dragonrider

English

Etymology

From dragon +‎ rider.

Noun

dragonrider (plural dragonriders)

1. (fantasy) One who rides a dragon.
   • 1968, Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published 1974, →ISBN, page 108:

     Those handsome dragonriders, too, so brave in their wher-hide accouterments, proud on the necks of their great beasts—they did not submit kindly to close examination without a few disappointing revelations.

   • 1984, Eric Affabee, The Siege of the Dragonriders (Wizards, Warriors & You; 2), New York, N.Y.: Avon, →ISBN, page 4:

     The dragonriders turned their beasts, two hundred beasts at least, treading once again over the crops they had already destroyed.

   • 1989, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, The Prophet of Akhran (Rose of the Prophet; 3)‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN:

     Once asleep, a dragon is extremely difficult and even dangerous to wake, […]. An experienced dragonrider never allows his animal to sleep unless he knows there is a competent wizard nearby.

Related terms

• dragonriding