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velocipedestrienne

velocipedestrienne noun: a female velocipedestrian.

Noun

velocipedestrienne (plural velocipedestriennes)

  1. (archaic) A female velocipedestrian.
    • What is wanted in this respect is a dress that shall be suitable for either riding or walking. This, we think, has also been achieved, and that by a lady. Let us try to describe the dress for a velocipedestrienne.1869, The Modern Velocipede: Its History and Construction, George Maddick, page 11
    • Ladies, in riding the bicycle, commonly use the modest and appropriate costume worn by them in calisthenic exercises and in the gymnasium. Another very suitable dress for the velocipedestrienne has been thus described[…]1869, The Velocipede; Its History, Varieties, and Practice, Hurd and Houghton, page 89

Forms of velocipedestrienne

pluralvelocipedestriennes

Origin of velocipedestrienne

Blend of velocipede + pedestrienne.

Questions about velocipedestrienne

What does velocipedestrienne mean?
Velocipedestrienne means a female velocipedestrian.
What part of speech is velocipedestrienne?
Velocipedestrienne is a noun.
What is the plural of velocipedestrienne?
The plural of velocipedestrienne is velocipedestriennes.

Words near velocipedestrienne in the dictionary

  1. velocipeder
  2. velocipeders
  3. velocipedes
  4. velocipedestrian
  5. velocipedestrians
  6. velocipedestrienne
  7. velocipedestriennes
  8. velocipedian
  9. velocipedians
  10. velocipedic
  11. velocipeding

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