Nightrider


[nahyt-rahy-der] /ˈnaɪtˌraɪ dər/

noun
1.
one of a band of mounted men, especially in the southern U.S. during Reconstruction, who committed nocturnal acts of violence and intimidation against blacks and black sympathizers.
/ˈnaɪtˌraɪdə/
noun
1.
a member of a band of mounted and usually masked White people in the southern US who carried out acts of revenge and intimidation at night after the Civil War

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