speeder
Americannoun
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a person or thing that speeds.
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a driver who exceeds the legal speed limit.
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a small self-propelled railroad car powered by a gasoline engine and used by section hands.
Etymology
Origin of speeder
Example Sentences
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Three years later, while attempting to pull over a speeder on Lancaster Boulevard, Devoe caused a three-car crash when he made an unsafe left turn and rammed into another vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023
I want to say that I'm not a speeder.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2023
“Speeding endangers not only the life of the speeder, but all of the people on the road around them, including law enforcement officers.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023
“It’s a land speeder for the Dark Side.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2022
If success was to be won, it would be by just that very narrow margin, which the breaking in of a new "speeder" would jeopardize.
From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert
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