Definitions
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- noun One who attends
horse races .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A racegoer is never so anxious to know the results of the races* as when waiting for his wife who's gone shopping.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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A racegoer is never so anxious to know the results of the races* as when waiting for his wife who's gone shopping.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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A racegoer is never so anxious to know the results of the races* as when waiting for his wife who's gone shopping.
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Racehorse owner Lystra Adams romped home the winner of the best-dressed racegoer at Aintree on Ladies' Day.
Melling Road 2011
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The average racegoer may say, 'Why should we give a toss about stable lads or lasses, or stalls handlers, when there are other charities dealing with things like cancer or famine.'
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Negus hopes it will be won by a novice racegoer and jokes that it will be "bloody annoying" if it goes to JP McManus or some similarly wealthy owner.
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AFP A racegoer watches the horseracing through binoculars.
A Showdown at the Horses Dominic Prince 2010
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Gypsy Joe, his quarry, gave a cursory glance at the neat youngish undistinguished racegoer reading his racecard six feet away and felt none of the supernatural shudder of foreboding that his ancestry would have expected.
The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010
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AFP A racegoer watches the horseracing through binoculars.
A Showdown at the Horses Dominic Prince 2010
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Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images A racegoer waited to enter the Ladies Day fashion competition.
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