pacer

See also: Pacer and pācer

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

pace +‎ -er

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

1. One who paces.
2. In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter.
3. A pacemaker.

Etymology 2

From the brand name Pacer.

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

1. (Australia) A mechanical pencil.

References

• Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pacer (accessed: April 07, 2007).

Anagrams

• caper, crape, recap

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Galician

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese pascer), from Latin pāscere, present active infinitive of pāscō (compare Spanish pacer).

Verb

1. to graze, to pasture
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of pacer
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of pacer

Related terms

• pasto
• pastor
• pastura

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) pācer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pācō

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Spanish

Etymology

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From Old Spanish, from Latin pāscere, present active infinitive of pāscō, from Proto-Italic *pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).

Verb

1. to graze, to pasture
2. to put out to pasture
3. to eat away, to nibble, to gnaw

Related terms

• pasto
• pastor
• pastura