as in driver
a person who travels by automobile
with the introduction of affordable, mass-produced cars, more and more people left their horses at home and became automobilists
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driver
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One last golf item: Testing found that both the drivers for Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler were nonconforming.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
19 May 2025 -
The driver of the No. 20 Toyota Camry XSE fended of Team Penske driver Joey Logano to celebrate on Victory Lane.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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“Automobilist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automobilist. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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