BICYCLIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bicyclist mean? 

• BICYCLIST (noun)
  The noun BICYCLIST has 1 sense:

1. a person who rides a bicycle

  Familiarity information: BICYCLIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BICYCLIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who rides a bicycle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bicycler; bicyclist; biker; cyclist; wheeler

Hypernyms ("bicyclist" is a kind of...):

pedaler; pedaller (a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle))

Instance hyponyms:

Bernard Hinault; Hinault (French racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954))

Eddy Merckx; Merckx (Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945))

Derivation:

bicycle (a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals)

bicycle (ride a bicycle)

 Context examples 

We dined at "Jack Straw's Castle" along with a little crowd of bicyclists and others who were genially noisy.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“At least it cannot be your health,” said he, as his keen eyes darted over her, “so ardent a bicyclist must be full of energy.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)