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roadster

UK/ˈɹəʊdstə/US/ˈɹoʊdstəɹ/

roadster noun: a horse for riding or driving on the road.

roadster: a horse for riding or driving on the road
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Noun

roadster (plural roadsters)

  1. (archaic) A horse for riding or driving on the road.
    • a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster1857–1859, 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
  2. 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. 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. A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.

roadster meaning in Tamil

roadster in Tamil

தங்குதுறை நாவாய், பாட்டையோடி, அனுபவம் வாய்ந்த பயணி

Synonyms of roadster

Forms of roadster

pluralroadsters

Plural of roadster: roadsters

Origin of roadster

Derived from road + -ster.

Questions about roadster

What does roadster mean?
Roadster means a horse for riding or driving on the road.
What is roadster in Tamil?
Roadster in Tamil is தங்குதுறை நாவாய், பாட்டையோடி, அனுபவம் வாய்ந்த பயணி. See Roadster meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is roadster?
Roadster is a noun.
How do you pronounce roadster?
Roadster is pronounced /ˈɹəʊdstə/ (UK).
What is the plural of roadster?
The plural of roadster is roadsters.

Words near roadster in the dictionary

  1. roadsmen
  2. roadspray
  3. roadspreading
  4. roadstead
  5. roadsteads
  6. roadster
  7. roadsters
  8. roadstone
  9. roadstones
  10. roadsweeper
  11. roadsweepers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: roadster (page history and authors); roadster (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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