motorbiker

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noun

A motorcyclist.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounmotorbiker (plural motorbikers)

plural motorbikers

  1. A motorcyclist.

    “I don't think I've ever seen a gang of Viking-clad motorbikers before,” I confessed. “Do you think it's a convention?”

    2011, Gregory Blecha, The Land of Magical Thinking: A Fable, page 18
    2 more examples

    Motorbikers must wear helmets, but Sikh motorbikers may wear their traditional turban; school students must wear uniforms, but Muslim schoolgirls may wear their headscarf, as long as it is in the uniform colors.

    2002, Gerd Baumann, The Multicultural Riddle: Rethinking National, Ethnic and Religious Identities, page 47

    The catastrophic injury ratio of male-to-female motorbikers is 8.5, probably reflecting a higher proportion of male motorbike riders in the Ontario population (Table 18.2).

    2008, Vanessa I. Paesani, Charles H. Tator, “18: Motorbiking”, in Charles H. Tator, editor, Catastrophic Injuries in Sports and Recreation: Causes and Prevention, unnumbered page

    Synonyms: biker, bikie, motorcyclist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA motorcyclist.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*moweō
  4. Latinmoveō
  5. Latinmōtor
  6. Middle Englishmotour
  7. Englishmotor
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  9. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  11. Proto-Italic*dwis
  12. Old Latinduis
  13. Latinbis
  14. Frenchbi-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  16. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  17. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  18. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  19. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  20. Late Latincyclus
  21. Frenchcycle
  22. Frenchbicycle
  23. Englishbicycleclip.
  24. Englishbike
  25. Englishmotorbike
  26. Englishmotorbiker

From motorbike + -er.

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APA

motorbiker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motorbiker

MLA

“motorbiker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motorbiker. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “motorbiker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motorbiker.

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