racer

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rac·er | \ ˈrā-sər

Definition of racer

1 : one that races or is used for racing

2 : any of various active American colubrid snakes (genus Coluber and Mastigophis): such as

a : black racer

b : blue racer

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Examples of racer in a Sentence

He is a stock car racer. His horse will be a great racer.

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