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PACER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pacer" is a kind of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
Derivation:
pace (go at a pace)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A horse used to set the pace in racing
Synonyms:
pacemaker; pacer; pacesetter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("pacer" is a kind of...):
bangtail; race horse; racehorse (a horse bred for racing)
Derivation:
pace (regulate or set the pace of)
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