speeder

[ spee-der ]

/ ˈspi dər /

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noun

a person or thing that speeds.

a driver who exceeds the legal speed limit.

a small self-propelled railroad car powered by a gasoline engine and used by section hands.

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Origin of speeder

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at speed, -er¹

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How to use speeder in a sentence

The Blue Oval’s logo—which was actually a crest back then—is still the first thing that most speeders see through their rear window before receiving a ticket.
The Michigan State Police tested the electric Ford Mustang Mach-E, and loved it|Rob Stumpf|October 2, 2021|Popular-Science
Yeah, it’s nice to stop and appreciate the scenery every once in a while, but blazing through Beggar’s Canyon on a speeder would be equally fun.
What we want from Ubisoft Massive’s open world Star Wars game|Mike Hume, Gene Park, Elise Favis|January 13, 2021|Washington Post
The manufacturers suspected his purpose, which was to learn the construction of the "double speeder."
American Inventions and Inventors|William A. Mowry
Im not a speeder just yet, but wait a bit and youll see me do a twenty-mile dash in no time.
Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer|Rena I. Halsey

Mollocher, the first Cub at bat, let a speeder go past because it was a trifle wide.
Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team|Lester Chadwick
Coupled with this revival will be an efficiency born of the war needs that will act as a tremendous speeder-up.
The War After the War|Isaac Frederick Marcosson
The patrol car was still hitting above the two-hundred-mile-an-hour mark and was five hundred feet behind the speeder.
Code Three|Rick Raphael

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