Fortunately, they are joined by a strange, secretive man called Strider, who offers to lead them to Rivendell.

He is rebuked by a mysterious character called Strider, who knows Frodo's name and also seems to know about the Ring.

In their search for a drummer Waite and Corby found Tony Brock who was playing with a group called Strider.

When another under-age site operator called Strider ranked higher on a popular portal, Justin sent him anonymous e-mail messages, threatening to pass along images from Strider's site to the boy's father.

The system, called Strider, consists of a portable computer with a so-called talking map, a G.P.S. receiver and a separate differential receiver for correcting the signal error, all to be worn in a backpack.

I am called Strider,' answered Aragorn. '

On September the twenty-first they set out together, Frodo on the pony that had borne him all the way from Minas Tirith, and was now called Strider; and Sam on his beloved Bill.

"I am called Strider," he said in a low voice.

"I am called Strider," he answered: "and though he may have forgotten it, your friend promised to have a quiet talk with me."

Plant reportedly named his dog after Aragorn (often called Strider) from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.