Outriders

n. one who rides forth, ranch hand; escort, one who rides out before an automobile to clear the way; rider on horseback who leads or accompanies a carriage

Noun
1. an escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard)
(hypernym) bodyguard, escort

Engl. law. Bailiffs errant, employed by the sheriffs and their deputies, to ride to the furthest places of their counties or hundreds to summon such as they thought good to attend their county or hundred court.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

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