racer
See also: Racer
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racer (plural racers)
- Someone who takes part in a race.
- 2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 47:
- He was a [motorcycle] racer as a teenager, and a frequent visitor to the Isle of Man, where he had many friends.
- A racehorse.
- A vehicle or other device used for, or designed specifically for, racing.
- An animal known for its fast speed, or suitable for racing; applied especially to a number of North American snakes, certain kinds of lake trout, etc.
- Any of several genera of colubrid snakes.
- (video games, informal) A video game involving racing of any kind.
- 2012, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D, page 102:
- For our kart racer, we will start by investigating common elements in similar games that we will need to bring to life, […]
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- → Japanese: レーサー (rēsā)
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someone who takes part in a race
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racehorse — see racehorse
something used for racing
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Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
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racer c (singular definite raceren, plural indefinite racere)
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Declension of racer
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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racer c
- indefinite plural of race
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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racer
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English racer. Equivalent to racen + -er.
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racer m (plural racers)
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French edit
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racer m (plural racers)
Further reading edit
- “racer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.