pacer

[ pey-ser ]

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noun

a person or thing that paces.
a standard-bred horse that is used for pacing in harness racing.

a pacemaker.

Origin of pacer

First recorded in 1650–60; pace¹ + -er¹

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How to use pacer in a sentence

His top five, separated by just 2.67 points, are the Thunder, Pacers, Spurs, Clippers and Heat.
Kevin Durant Is Poised For NBA Supremacy | Allen Barra | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Billy turned his face away from a rolling dustcloud that came down the home stretch with the pacers, and looked curiously at Andy.
The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy Bower
"This side-wheeling business gives me a pain," Billy remarked, as the pacers ambled by for the fourth or fifth time.
The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy Bower
They were beautiful creatures, fine pacers, and cost ten dollars in “specie” each.
All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography | Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
It is, also, excessively rapid;—good pacers beating other horses at a gallop.
The Young Lady's Equestrian Manual | Anonymous

Agents from Virginia also purchased pacers for Virginian horse-raisers.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England | Alice Morse Earle

British Dictionary definitions for pacer

pacer

/ (ˈpeɪsə) /

noun

a horse trained to move at a special gait, esp for racing
another word for pacemaker (def. 1)

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