Meanings
plural bicyclists
- rareRare form of cyclist.
Our policemen, of course, will be fitted out with large, twirlable moustaches and small, twirlable rolling-pins, and will be taught to turn their backs on traffic jams, but to blow whistles violently at solitary bicyclists.
1945, The Motor, volume 86, page 2751 more example
“Yes, that is true, professor. I believe I’ve been guilty of doing so myself; but look here, Miss Eunice,” and he turned suddenly to the professor’s daughter, “they tell me that you are an enthusiastic bicyclist.”
1899, Hal Standish (pseudonym; H. K. Shackleford), “Fred Fearnot's Flyers, or, The bicycle league of Avon”, in Work and Win Weekly for Young America, number 37, New York, page 3Synonyms: biker
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Proto-Italic*dwis
- Old Latinduis
- Latinbis
- Frenchbi-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Late Latincyclus
- Frenchcycle
- Frenchbicycle
- Englishbicycle
- Englishbicyclist
Translations
Spanish biciclista, biciusuario
- biciclistarider of bicycle
- biciusuariorider of bicycle
Vietnamese người đi xe đạp
- người đi xe đạprider of bicycle
Cite this entry
bicyclist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicyclist
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