"outrider" meaning in English

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        "A guide or escort, especially one who rides in advance."
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        "One who rides out on horseback to inspect a ranch etc."
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          "text": "The Winchester MP is something of an outrider for a new project now: moving his party into the space vacated by the Conservative shift to the right under Iain Duncan Smith.",
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        "(figurative) A forerunner."
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