SPEEDER

speeder, speed demon

(noun) a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

speeder (plural speeders)

One who speeds, or exceeds the maximum legal speed limit.

(dated) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings, in spinning.

a motorized railroad track crew cart

Anagrams

• preseed, speered

Source: Wiktionary


Speed"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, speeds.

2. (Spinning)

Definition: A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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AUDACIOUS

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