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racegoer

racegoer noun: one who attends horse races or dog races.

Noun

racegoer (plural racegoers)

  1. One who attends horse races or dog races.
    • On December 9, No. 4056, Princess Margaret, worked a racegoers' excursion from Stapleton Road, Bristol, to Newbury Racecourse, via Devizes.1956 February, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: Western Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 143
    • Many of the racegoers — the ones from New York, at least — said they knew about the governor’s troubles, but they largely chalked them up to politics as usual.2007 August 14, Danny Hakim, “Spitzer in His Element at Nascar Race”, in New York Times

Forms of racegoer

pluralracegoers

Origin of racegoer

From race + goer.

Questions about racegoer

What does racegoer mean?
Racegoer means one who attends horse races or dog races.
What part of speech is racegoer?
Racegoer is a noun.
What is the plural of racegoer?
The plural of racegoer is racegoers.

Words near racegoer in the dictionary

  1. raced out of the traps
  2. raceday
  3. racedays
  4. racedep
  5. racefemine
  6. racegoer
  7. racegoers
  8. racegoing
  9. raceground
  10. racegrounds
  11. racehorse

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