domestique

[ doh-mes-teek ]

noun

1. Cycling. a member of a bicycle-racing team who assists the leader, as by setting a pace, preventing breakaways by other teams, or supplying food during a race.

Word History and Origins

Origin of domestique¹

1980–85; < French: literally, domestic

Example Sentences

These riders, of course, are the domestiques, or helpers, and their role is to block wind and carry water bottles for the team leaders.

From Outside Online

Yellow means “switch on,” for example if it’s a stretch where the domestiques have to watch for other teams’ breaks.

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The less accomplished domestiques show a much greater effect of fatigue.

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These sprints are highly choreographed, relying on a series of domestiques to lead the sprinter into position for a potential win at the very end of the race.

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Like Bossuet he was unable to work when bothered about small economies:—s'il était à l'étroit dans son domestique.

From Project Gutenberg

In my passport, after my name, was added ‘et son domestique.’

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Domestique fly; and on de instant I vas shown into de drawing-room.

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Les divinits du Capitole avaient un nombreux domestique attach leur personne et qui tait charg de ce soin.

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Tantt visible, tantt invisible, il prsidait tous les actes de la vie domestique.

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