Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tricycler.

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  • noun A person who bikes with three wheels.

Etymologies

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tricycle +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • —William Dean Howells le triporteur tree-por-ter noun, masculine 1. delivery tricycle 2. three-wheel truck, mobility scooter 3. tricyclist

    triporteur (Italy, part 3) - French Word-A-Day 2006

  • The bicyclist is more likely to suffer from striking a stone than his friend on three wheels, but then he should not strike one where the tricyclist would strike a dozen.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various

  • People, carts, cattle, and dogs on the road are liable to such unexpected movements, that the real danger of the cyclist comes from the outside; to danger from absolute collapse, due to a hidden flaw in the materials employed, every one is liable, but, the bicyclist more remotely than the tricyclist, owing to the greater simplicity of his machine.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various

  • Nor can the tricyclist of Chailey be called typical of Sussex -- the weary man who was overtaken by a correspondent of mine on the acclivity called the King's Head Hill, toiling up its steepness on a very old-fashioned, solid-tyred tricycle.

    Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

  • The perfect and instantaneous steering of the bicycle, combined with its narrowness, counteract, to a great extent, the advantage which the tricyclist has of being able to stop so much more quickly, for the bicyclist can "dodge" past a thing for which the rider of the three-wheeler must pull up.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various

  • The bicyclist, though he has further to fall in case of an accident from any of these causes, is in a better position than the tricyclist, for he is outside instead of inside his machine; he can in an instant get clear.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various

  • Mr. Pippin was also surprised — how many more times was he going to see this red-haired tricyclist?

    The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1949

  • P.C. Pippin also came across the vicar's brother, a kind and harmless tricyclist who liked to ride three times round the village each morning for exercise.

    The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1949

  • A mischievous boy threw a stick between the spokes of one of the back wheels, and the machine overturned, bringing our brother tricyclist heavily to the ground.

    The Diary of a Nobody Grossmith, George, 1847-1912 1921

  • A mischievous boy threw a stick between the spokes of one of the back wheels, and the machine overturned, bringing our brother tricyclist heavily to the ground.

    Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith 1879

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