automobilistn.
/ˈɔːtəmə(ʊ)biːlɪst/, /ˌɔːtəˈməʊbᵻlɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌɔdəmoʊˈˌbiləst/, /ˈˌɔdoʊmoʊˈˌbiləst/, /ˈˌɑdəmoʊˈˌbiləst/, /ˈˌɑdoʊmoʊˈˌbiləst/ Chiefly U.S. Now rare (archaic in later use).
A person who drives or uses an automobile; a motorist.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle
automobilist1896
motorist1896
autoist1899
chauffeur1899
motor-carist1899
motor driver1902
jockey1912
drive1999
1896 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Jan. 2/3 The certificate only costs a france, but, so far, not many automobilists have got as far as paying it.
1902 C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Lightning Conductor 114 The old peasant..exclaimed that if all automobilists were like us there would never be complaints.
1905 Washington Post 29 Aug. 6/2 The ruthless extermination of pedestrians by speed-crazed automobilists.
1920 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 83 (heading) There's always something new in accessories for the automobilist.
1942 H. Howe Introd. Physics 191 An automobilist waits beside a railroad crossing while a train passes with a speed of 45 miles per hour.
1999 V. Vinge Deepness in Sky iv. 53 Sherkaner was not nearly so skilled an automobilist as he had thought.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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