speeder
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
speeder (plural speeders)
- One who speeds, or exceeds the maximum legal speed limit.
- (dated) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings, in spinning.
- (rail transport) A motorized railroad track crew cart.
- Coordinate term: handcar
- (industrial relations) A fast worker selected by a company to exemplify the rate of work generally expected; a pacesetter.
- Synonym: bell-horse
- 2001, Laura Hapke, Labor's Text: The Worker in American Fiction, page 63:
- As a series of WTUL, Socialist, and garment union speakers illuminate the oppression of her life, including her misperception that because she is a "speeder," or quick worker, she profits accordingly, she eagerly receives the new truths.
Translations[edit]
one who speeds
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References[edit]
- “speeder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
speeder c (singular definite speederen, plural indefinite speedere)
- An accelerator pedal.
- Synonym: gaspedal
Declension[edit]
Declension of speeder
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | speeder | speederen | speedere | speederne |
genitive | speeders | speederens | speederes | speedernes |
Further reading[edit]
- “speeder” in Den Danske Ordbog
Scots[edit]
Noun[edit]
speeder (plural speeders)
- (South Scots) a spider
Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -er
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English dated terms
- en:Rail transportation
- English terms with quotations
- English agent nouns
- en:Machines
- en:People
- en:Spinning
- en:Vehicles
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Auto parts
- Scots lemmas
- Scots nouns
- South Scots