bicyclist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwís

Proto-Italic *dwis

Old Latin duis

Latin bisder.

French bi-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos

Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der.

Late Latin cyclusder.

Middle French

French cycle

French bicyclebor.

English bicycle

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English bicyclist

From bicycle + -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪsɪklɪst/

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Noun

bicyclist (plural bicyclists)

1. Rare form of cyclist.

   Synonym: biker

   • 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 3:

     “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.”

   • 1945, The Motor, volume 86, page 275:

     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.

Translations

rider of bicycle — see also cyclist

• Spanish: biciclista m or f, biciusuario m