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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


ve⋅loc⋅i⋅ped⋅ist, noun
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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