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automobilist

automobilist noun: the driver of an automobile.

Noun

automobilist (plural automobilists)

  1. (archaic) The driver of an automobile.
    • For the automobilist beginner the problem comes when he first meets traffic, and a big truck, say, suddenly cuts in ahead of him.1928, Amelia Earhart, 20 Hrs. 40 Min., chapter III, page 59
    Synonyms:
    autoist

automobilist meaning in Tamil

automobilist in Tamil

மோட்டார் வண்டி ஓட்டுபவர், தானியங்கி உடைமையர்

Synonyms of automobilist

Forms of automobilist

pluralautomobilists

Origin of automobilist

Borrowed from French automobiliste. By surface analysis, automobile + -ist.

Questions about automobilist

What does automobilist mean?
Automobilist means the driver of an automobile.
What is automobilist in Tamil?
Automobilist in Tamil is மோட்டார் வண்டி ஓட்டுபவர், தானியங்கி உடைமையர். See Automobilist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is automobilist?
Automobilist is a noun.
What is the plural of automobilist?
The plural of automobilist is automobilists.

Words near automobilist in the dictionary

  1. automobiles
  2. automobilia
  3. automobiliana
  4. automobiling
  5. automobilism
  6. automobilist
  7. automobilistic
  8. automobilists
  9. automobilities
  10. automobility
  11. automobilization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: automobilist (page history and authors); automobilist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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