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单词 hippodromist
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hippodromistn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hippodrome n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < hippodrome n. + -ist suffix.
Obsolete.
A person who performs in a hippodrome (in various senses of hippodrome n.). Also: a person who arranges or stages an entertainment in a hippodrome.With quot. 1840 compare quot. 1841 at hippodamist n.
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horse-rider1580
strongman1701
hippodromist1840
desultor1880
Auguste1900
1840 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 659/1 The present famous hippodromist at Windsor, by touching a nerve in the mouth of a horse, reduces him to helpless docility and submission.
1886 Daily News 14 Dec. 3/1 The hippodromists confess that they have to get their clever ponies from Scotland and Wales.
1914 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Reporter 28 Feb. 2/2 A proposed match race between the hippodromist [sc. a racing car driver] and Burman was called off.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018).
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