Raider may refer to:
in Food:
- Space Raiders, brand of crisps
- the Twix chocolate bar was called Raider in several European countries until the 1990s
in sports organizations:
- Canberra Raiders, National Rugby League team based in Canberra, Australia
- Oakland Raiders, National Football League team based in Oakland, California, USA
- Bydgoszcz Raiders – American football team based in Bydgoszcz, Poland
- Rochester Raiders, CIFL team based in Rochester, New York, USA
- Texas Tech Red Raiders, NCAA Division I team from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, USA. The women's basketball team is called the Lady Raiders
- Adelaide Raiders, football (soccer) club in Adelaide, South Australia
- Wodonga Raiders Football Club, football (soccer) club in Wodonga, Australia
- , NCAA Division I team from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN. The women's teams are called the "Lady Raiders"
in military organizations:
- Marine Raiders, elite unit established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II
- Quantrill's Raiders, Confederate guerrillas in the American Civil War
- Raider (piracy), people who commit robbery at the sea
- Tarleton's Raiders, unit of British dragoons active during the American Revolution
- Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front, Turkish terrorist organisation
in military vehicles:
- Sikorsky S-97 Raider, a light helicopter currently under development for the United States Army
- Merchant raider, type of ship in naval warfare
- Commerce raider, type of warship in naval warfare
in commercial vehicles:
- Dodge Raider, a rebadged Mitsubishi Montero sold by Dodge
- Mitsubishi Raider, a rebadged Dodge Dakota sold by Mitsubishi Motors
- A brand of skid loader
in video games:
- Star Raiders, computer game for the Atari video game system
- Tomb Raider Series, series of video games, comic books, movies, animations and novels
- Fallout (series), adventure/RPG games featuring Raiders as non-player characters
in books
- Raider (novel), book by Susan Gates
in movies:
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, 2001 film based on the game
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, 2003 sequel
- Raiders of the Lost Ark, original name for the first Indiana Jones movie
- Western Approaches (film), alternatively titled 'The Raider'
- Marine Raiders (film) a 1944 war film
- The Silent Raiders a 1953 war film
in television:
- Raiders of the Lost Harp, episode of DuckTales
- Cylon Raider, basic Cylon fighter craft in Battlestar Galactica
- GAT-X370 Raider Gundam, second generation Earth Alliance mobile suit from Gundam SEED
in other people and organizations:
- Paul Revere & the Raiders, American rock band
- Tusken Raiders (aka Sand People), fictional creatures in the Star Wars saga
- Raider (Babylon 5), space pirates from Babylon 5
- Raider (Delhi District Secondary School) the official mascot of Delhi District Secondary School, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
- Raiders (comics)
- Artist Brad Rader, who has signed artwork as simply Raider.
Famous quotes containing the word raiders:
“This is our fate: eight hundred years disaster,
crazily tangled like the Book of Kells:
the dreams distortion and the lands division,
the midnight raiders and the prison cells.”
—John Hewitt (b. 1907)
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