cyclist
Other forms: cyclists
If you ride a bicycle, you can call yourself a cyclist. It takes a lot longer for a cyclist to pedal up a hill than someone who's driving a car.
Cyclist is short for bicyclist. Although you can use either word, cyclist has been more commonly used since the 1880s. Earlier, some people preferred to call bicycle riders "wheelmen" or "cyclers." You don't have to race in the Tour de France to be a cyclist; all you need is a two-wheeled vehicle that's propelled by pedaling, and a place to ride it!
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a person who rides a bicycleexamples:Bernard HinaultFrench racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954)Eddy MerckxBelgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945)
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