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👨‍🌾 A race worker 📱 A tracking device
racetracker

racetracker

1 7.2
A person who often goes to the race track to watch or work there
  • noun
  • /ˈreɪsˌtrækər/
translation icon : asistente a carreras
  • Every weekend, the racetracker would analyze the odds and make his predictions.

Examples

  • Certainly, throughout his fifty-odd years as a racetracker, he'd tried every aspect of the game.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The experienced racetracker knew all the best horses to bet on at the track.

  • "You're not a racetracker."

    Fiction book (1995)

  • She became a dedicated racetracker, attending every event to follow the thrilling races.

How Involved

official
∞ 3.7
racetracker
1 7.2
employee
∞ 1.3
spectator
123 2.6

Surface Forms

racetracker singular
racetrackers plural

Morphology

racetracker = racetrack (transparent) = race + track + er

The word is a straightforward denominal formation from 'racetrack' plus '-er', referring to a person associated with that place.

Etymology

Racetracker is made of race ('a competition on a track') and tracker ('a person who follows events closely'). That's why a racetracker can mean a person who spends a lot of time at the track watching or working with the races.