noun · rare

domestique

do·mes·tique

domestique · domestiques

доместик, грегари

Domestik, Domestikin

A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated…A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders (for example, by riding in front of them to create a slipstream, or to set the pace), even if at the expense of their own individual performance.

UK/ˌdə(ʊ)mɛˈstiːk/US/dəˌmɛˈstik/

Meaning

1 senses

A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders (for example, by riding in front of them to create a slipstream, or to set the pace), even if at the expense of their own individual performance.
Domestik, Domestikin
домести́кdomestík, гре́гариgrégari

Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance:

Origin

Borrowed from French domestique (“domestic servant, maid”), from domestique (“domestic”, a

Borrowed from French domestique (“domestic servant, maid”), from domestique (“domestic”, adjective), from Latin domesticus (“of the house, domestic; familiar; native”), from domus (“home, house; place of one's birth or residence, native country”). Doublet of domestic.

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