ROADSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roadster mean? 

• ROADSTER (noun)
  The noun ROADSTER has 2 senses:

1. an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat

2. a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse

  Familiarity information: ROADSTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROADSTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

roadster; runabout; two-seater

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

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Meronyms (parts of "roadster"):

rumble seat (a folding outside seat in the back of some early cars)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

buggy; roadster

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

carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)

 Context examples 

When I came opposite her house that morning her white roadster was beside the curb, and she was sitting in it with a lieutenant I had never seen before. They were so engrossed in each other that she didn't see me until I was five feet away.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

She dressed in white, and had a little white roadster and all day long the telephone rang in her house and excited young officers from Camp Taylor demanded the privilege of monopolizing her that night, anyways, for an hour!

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)