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racer

[rey-ser]

rac·er

[rey-ser]
noun
1.
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
2.
anything having great speed.
4.
a turntable on which a heavy gun is turned.
5.
any of several slender, active snakes of the genera Coluber and Masticophis.

Origin:
1640–50; race1 + -er1

min·i·rac·er, noun
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racer (ˈreɪsə)
 
n
1.  a person, animal, or machine that races
2.  a turntable used to traverse a heavy gun
3.  any of several long slender nonvenomous North American snakes of the colubrid genus Coluber and related genera, such as C. lateralis (striped racer)

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