velocipedist

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ve⋅loc⋅i⋅pede

[vuh-los-uh-peed]

–noun

1.	a vehicle, usually having two or three wheels, that is propelled by the rider.

2.	an early kind of bicycle or tricycle.

3.	a light, three-wheeled, pedal-driven vehicle for railway inspection, used for carrying one person on a railroad track.

Origin:
1810–20; < F vélocipède bicycle, equiv. to véloci- (< L, s. of vēlōx quick) + -pède -ped

Related forms:

ve⋅loc⋅i⋅ped⋅ist, noun

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velocipede

1819, "wheeled vehicle propelled by the feet on the ground," from Fr. vélocipède, from L. velox (gen. velocis) "swift" + pedem, acc. of pes "foot." Applied to an early kind of bicycle or tricycle in 1849.

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