Meanings
nounautoist (plural autoists)
plural autoists
- datedOne who drives an automobile.
People contemplating matrimony are like two autoists planning a long journey together, each driving his own car.
1921, Elsie Lincoln Benedict, Ralph Paine Benedict, How to Analyze People on Sight, page 3101 more example
We have become a nation of photoists almost as much as we are a nation of autoists and will be a nation of fliers.
1943, Willard Detering Morgan, The Complete Photographer, volume 8, page 2768
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German Autofahrer
- Autofahrerautomobile driver
Swedish bilist
- bilistautomobile driver
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APA
autoist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoist
MLA
“autoist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoist.
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