autoist

English

Etymology

From auto +‎ -ist.

Noun

autoist (plural autoists)

  1. (dated) One who drives an automobile.
    • 1921, Elsie Lincoln Benedict, Ralph Paine Benedict, How to Analyze People on Sight‎[1], page 310:
      People contemplating matrimony are like two autoists planning a long journey together, each driving his own car.
    • 1943, Willard Detering Morgan, The Complete Photographer, volume 8, page 2768:
      We have become a nation of photoists almost as much as we are a nation of autoists and will be a nation of fliers.

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