automobilist
- noun
- /ˌɔːtəməˈbɪlɪst/
- Archaic
:
automovilista
Decapitating passing automobilists, people who are driving their cars with the top off.
- Decapitating passing automobilists, people who are driving their cars with the top off.
Examples
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For have I not in the preceding moments paid the whole of my treasure, my hoard of seventy-five dollars, for the loan of the garments of the automobilist at the wheel of an Abraham Lincoln Continental?
Fiction book (1999) -
The reality is that auto use is subsidized and that is taken for granted as normal by John Townsend and all the rest, and that when you look for a level playing field, a different argument than choice, the automobilists are demanding that they be privileged, that the playing field shouldn't be equal, and that they should be subsidized.
Blog text (16) -
As an experienced automobilist, she navigated the winding mountain roads with ease.
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The automobilist quickly adjusted the GPS to find an alternate route to avoid traffic.
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During the summer, many automobilists take long road trips to explore national parks.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who drives a car
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2.7
A person who drives a car, especially in races at high speed
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
automobilist = automobile (transparent) = automobile + ist
Formed from the common noun 'automobile' plus the agentive suffix '-ist', so the meaning 'person associated with or using automobiles' is directly predictable.
Etymology
The word automobilist comes from automobile plus the ending -ist, where -ist means 'a person who does something'. Automobile joins auto ('self') and mobile ('moving'), so it literally means a 'self-moving' vehicle, and an automobilist is someone who drives that vehicle.