English

Noun

roadster ‎(plural roadsters)

1. a sea-going vessel riding at anchor in a road or bay.
2. (nautical) A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ham. Nav. Encyc to this entry?)

3. (archaic) A horse for riding on the road.
   • William Thackeray

     a sound, swift, well-fed hunter and roadster

4. A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style & steel-framed.
5. (Britain, dated) One who drives much; a coach driver.
6. (Britain, dated, slang) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
7. An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.
8. A person who lives along the road.

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See also

• cabriolet, cabrio
• convertible
• drophead
• landau
• landaulet