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turfite

turfite noun: a horse racing enthusiast.

Noun

turfite (plural turfites)

  1. (colloquial, dated) A horse racing enthusiast.
  2. (colloquial, dated) A blackleg, or notorious gambler.
    • such turfites and men about town1875, Anne Thackeray, Miss Angel, and Fulham Lawn

turfite meaning in Tamil

turfite in Tamil

குதிரைப் பந்தயவெறியர், குதிரைப்பந்தய வெறியர்

Forms of turfite

pluralturfites

Origin of turfite

From turf + -ite.

Questions about turfite

What does turfite mean?
Turfite means a horse racing enthusiast.
What is turfite in Tamil?
Turfite in Tamil is குதிரைப் பந்தயவெறியர், குதிரைப்பந்தய வெறியர். See Turfite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is turfite?
Turfite is a noun.
What is the plural of turfite?
The plural of turfite is turfites.

Words near turfite in the dictionary

  1. turfiest
  2. turfiness
  3. turfing
  4. turfing out
  5. turfism
  6. turfite
  7. turfites
  8. turfless
  9. turflike
  10. turfline
  11. turfman

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