roadster

Derived from road +‎ -ster.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊdstə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊdstɚ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊdstə(ɹ)

roadster (plural roadsters)

1. (archaic) A horse for riding or driving on the road.
   • 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:

     a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster

2. (cycling) A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style and steel-framed construction.

   Synonyms: (Ireland) high nelly, (UK) sit-up-and-beg

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. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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[19th century].

• roadie
• roader

• cabriolet, cabrio
• convertible
• drophead
• High Nelly(Irish)
• landau
• landaulet
• nellie(Irish)

• Rodartes

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roadster m (plural roadsters)

1. roadster (automobile)

• “roadster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from English roadster.

roadster n (plural roadstere)

1. roadster

roadster m (plural roadsters)

1. roadster (vehicle)