Definition of Speeder

1. Noun. A driver who exceeds the safe speed limit.

Exact synonyms: Speed Demon
Generic synonyms: Driver
Derivative terms: Speed

Definition of Speeder

1. n. One who, or that which, speeds.

Definition of Speeder

1. Noun. One who speeds, or exceeds the maximum legal speed limit. ¹

2. Noun. (dated) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings, in spinning. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Speeder

1. one that speeds [n -S] - See also: speeds

Lexicographical Neighbors of Speeder

speedboating
speedboatings
speedboats
speedbump
speedbumps
speedcore
speedcube
speedcubed
speedcuber
speedcubers
speedcubes
speedcubing
speeded
speeded up
speededness
speeder (current term)
speeders
speedest
speedfreak
speedfreaks
speedful
speedfully
speedier
speediest
speedily
speediness
speedinesses
speeding
speeding ticket
speedingly

Literary usage of Speeder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Cotton Spinner and Managers' and Carders' Guide: A Practical by Robert H. Baird (1851)
"The front rollers of the eclipse speeder may be driven at a speed of from 900 to ... This is a great amount of work, to be accomplished by a small speeder, ..."

2. Technology and Power in the Early American Cotton Industry: James Montgomery by David J. Jeremy (1990)
"... a form of double speeder, wood engraving from t-'A/1, p. 64. the flyers proceeds direct to the bite of the front rollers. lt likewise shortens the ..."

3. Technology and Power in the Early American Cotton Industry: James Montgomery by David J. Jeremy (1990)
"The first, viz. the Taunton speeder takes its name from the place where it was first put in operation, Taunton, in the State of Massachusetts, a place where ..."

4. A Practical Detail of the Cotton Manufacture of the United States of America by James Montgomery (1840)
"THE first machine which follows the drawing frame is in this country usually denominated a " speeder," and of these there is ..."

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