Automobilist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The driver of an automobile. archaic

    "For the automobilist beginner the problem comes when he first meets traffic, and a big truck, say, suddenly cuts in ahead of him."

  2. 2
    someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile wordnet

Synonyms

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autoistmotoristmotorist

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"For the automobilist beginner the problem comes when he first meets traffic, and a big truck, say, suddenly cuts in ahead of him."

Etymology

Borrowed from French automobiliste. By surface analysis, automobile + -ist.

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