Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a competitive bicycle-racing team whose role is to assist the team leader, as by setting the pace.
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- noun cycling A rider on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders even if at the expense of his/her own individual performance.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Abbott refers to Sampson as his "domestique" - a French term (it means, literally, servant) referring to a road cycle racer who works for the benefit of his leader.
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Abbott refers to Sampson as his "domestique" - a French term (it means, literally, servant) referring to a road cycle racer who works for the benefit of his leader.
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Now, he sees his job as serving as a "domestique" - or support rider - for Contador, putting an end to speculation about whether he or the Spaniard deserved the role of Astana team leader.
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Now, he sees his job as serving as a "domestique" - or support rider - for Contador, putting an end to speculation about whether he or the Spaniard deserved the role of Astana team leader.
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Could Lance Armstrong actually be a support rider, that self-sacrificing team player the Franco-centric cycling world calls a domestique?
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Could Lance Armstrong actually be a support rider, that self-sacrificing team player the Franco-centric cycling world calls a domestique?
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It was really an added pang to go, on their account, but the carriage was waiting at the door; the 'domestique' had already carried our baggage to the steam-tram station; the kindly menial train formed around us for an ultimate
Literature and Life (Complete) William Dean Howells 1878
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It was really an added pang to go, on their account, but the carriage was waiting at the door; the 'domestique' had already carried our baggage to the steam-tram station; the kindly menial train formed around us for an ultimate
Last Days in a Dutch Hotel (from Literature and Life) William Dean Howells 1878
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I am a "domestique," which essentially means a worker.
torontolife.com 2010
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Whitfield, who taped 'Sing Like Kreek' to his bike handlebars after watching men's eight rower Adam Kreek bellow out the national anthem during his gold medal ceremony, had run a strategically brilliant race, helped significantly in the bike leg by "domestique" Colin Jenkins, who had been controversially named to the team at the urging of Whitfield and his coach Joel Filliol.
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