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单词 cyclist
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cyclistn.

Brit. /ˈsʌɪklɪst/, U.S. /ˈsaɪkləst/
Etymology: < cycle n. + -ist suffix.
1. One who rides a cycle or practises cycling.
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1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Sept. 3 The cyclists of London.
1887 Times 9 Apr. 5/4, I passed a group of Lieutenant-Colonel Savile's military cyclists.
attrib.1884 C. Dickens Dict. London 37/2 The Cyclist Touring Club.1887 Times 8 Apr. 4/1 There will be an extensive reconnaissance carried out by the Cyclist Corps to the north-east of Canterbury.
2. One who reckons by a cycle or cycles; one who recognizes cycles in the course of phenomena, etc.

Derivatives

cyˈclistic adj.
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1882 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 15 Feb. 175 Readers with cyclistic tendencies.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2012).

cyclistn.2

Brit. /ˈsʌɪklɪst/, U.S. /ˈsaɪkləst/
Forms: 1800s 'cyclist, 1800s– cyclist.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cycle n.2, -ist suffix.
Etymology: < cycle n.2 + -ist suffix. Compare earlier bicyclist n. and slightly earlier cycler n.
A person who rides a bicycle or other cycle (cycle n.2). Frequently attributive, as cyclist club, etc.auto-, motor-, pedal, racing, unicyclist, etc.: see the first element.
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society > travel > transport > cycling > [noun] > cyclist
bicycler1869
bicyclist1869
cycler1876
cyclist1877
pedaller1881
wheelman1881
biker1883
wheeler1886
pedal pusher1912
push-cyclist1912
1877 Bicycle Jrnl. 20 Apr. 10/2 The style of rider..which..should be the aim of every 'cyclist.., viz,—One who commences to make his effort before the hill is fairly reached, and then leans slightly..forward.
1879 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 20 June 368/3 Our editor deserves the hearty thanks of all cyclists for being the best of godfathers to our steeds.
1884 C. Dickens Dict. London 37/2 The Cyclist Touring Club.
1896 H. G. Wells Wheels of Chance vii The wide sympathy that binds all cyclists together.
1901 Railway News 16 Mar. 444/1 Is a railway company to run its passenger trains prepared to cope with any emergency and with accommodation for any and every cyclist club?
1917 E. Keen Seven Years at Prussian Court 85 [Princess Leopold] was a good cyclist..and would do fifty or sixty miles a day.
1970 New Yorker 26 Sept. 28/3 About a thousand enthusiastic cyclists..turned out in the Bike to Work Ride.
2006 Independent 10 June 36/4 I..am fed up with cyclists who mow down pedestrians on pavements.

Compounds

Designating military units, soldiers, etc., who use bicycles as a means of transport, esp. for scouting or messenger purposes. Now chiefly historical.
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1882 Notts. Guardian 30 June 5/6 Sir Garnet Wolseley..is waiting with some interest to see what may be the outcome of the proposal to form a Cyclist corps.
1890 Jrnl. United Service Inst. India 19 222 The cyclist soldier, whose action is subject to Infantry conditions.
1916 Internat. Mil. Digest Q. June 241/2 The division of cavalry consisted of two brigades, a cyclist battalion,..and a company of cyclist sappers and pontoniers.
1988 F. W. Perry Commonw. Armies 23 As well as The Cyclist Division there were, at the end of the [First World] war, nine Cyclist Brigades serving on garrison duties in Britain and Ireland.

Derivatives

cyˈclistic adj. of or relating to cycling.
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1882 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 15 Feb. 175 Readers with cyclistic tendencies.
1891 Licensed Victuallers' Mirror 20 Oct. 20/1 I was invited..to witness..young Minting's marvellous 'cyclistic feats up and down the spiral track.
1948 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 20 July 13/ Herne Hill has been a cyclistic paradise since King Edward VII.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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