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cyclist

or cy·cler

[ sahy-klist ]

noun

  1. a person who rides or travels by bicycle, motorcycle, etc.


cyclist

/ ˈsaɪklɪst /

noun

  1. a person who rides or travels by bicycle, motorcycle, etc


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cyclist1

First recorded in 1880–85; cycle + -ist

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Example Sentences

In short, modern bike-helmet testing accounts for only a fraction of the types of crashes cyclists experience and none of the most common injuries that result.

Advanced cyclists will like the 11-mile Around the Mountain carriage road, which circles Parkman, Sargent, and Penobscot Mountains, climbing steadily to 700 feet.

In 2019, while the total number of deaths dipped slightly, to 846, cities like New York recorded their highest number of cyclist fatalities ever.

Sure enough, in Azevedo’s data, the cyclists settled into a pace barely above critical power for the middle portion of the race, meaning that they used most of their anaerobic capacity at the beginning and end.

It’s hard to go wrong with a pair that’s built for anyone from cyclists and nurses to pregnant women and frequent travelers.

The cyclist had turned the heads of the women in the dorm on his way back from the showers, wearing just a towel.

After years of being overshadowed by Armstrong, cyclist Greg LeMond is the only American to have fairly won the Tour de France.

“I think every cyclist including me will be layering it on,” she said.

And If Tygart was the crusading general, Hamilton, the cyclist to his left, was one of the casualties.

The extravagantly-coiffed cyclist had, however, shaved off his sideburns for today's ceremony in Buckingham Palace.

Pride's only for use when wit breaks down—it's the train the cyclist takes when his tire's deflated.

If these simple matters are borne in mind, a cyclist may go many years without even the risk of an accident.

As there are books which no gentleman's library should be without, so this is one of which no cyclist's pocket should be empty.

A half-hour lesson in bicycle riding often tires the beginner more than an afternoon's ride does the experienced cyclist.

Ten minutes later, another cyclist, pedaling furiously, rode into the zone of light cast by their head-lamps.

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