speeder

[ spee-der ]

noun

1. a person or thing that speeds.
2. a driver who exceeds the legal speed limit.
3. a small self-propelled railroad car powered by a gasoline engine and used by section hands.

Word History and Origins

Origin of speeder¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; speed, -er ¹

Example Sentences

The Blue Oval’s logo—which was actually a crest back then—is still the first thing that most speeders see through their rear window before receiving a ticket.

From Popular-Science

Yeah, it’s nice to stop and appreciate the scenery every once in a while, but blazing through Beggar’s Canyon on a speeder would be equally fun.

From Washington Post

The manufacturers suspected his purpose, which was to learn the construction of the "double speeder."

From Project Gutenberg

Im not a speeder just yet, but wait a bit and youll see me do a twenty-mile dash in no time.

From Project Gutenberg

Mollocher, the first Cub at bat, let a speeder go past because it was a trifle wide.

From Project Gutenberg

Coupled with this revival will be an efficiency born of the war needs that will act as a tremendous speeder-up.

From Project Gutenberg

The patrol car was still hitting above the two-hundred-mile-an-hour mark and was five hundred feet behind the speeder.

From Project Gutenberg