Meaning

(archaic) A horse for riding or driving on the road..

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic) A horse for riding or driving on the road.
2. (cycling) A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style and steel-framed construction.
3. (UK, dated) One who drives much; a coach driver.
4. (UK, dated, slang) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
5. (automotive) An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.
6. A person who lives along the road.
7. a sea-going vessel riding at anchor in a road or bay.
8. (nautical) A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.

Example Sentences

a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster

Word Forms

• roadsters

Synonyms for roadster

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Use roadster when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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