motorist

motor +‎ -ist

motorist (plural motorists)

1. One who drives a motor vehicle.

   Synonyms: driver; (dated) autoist, automobilist, motorman

   Hypernym: operator

   Hyponyms: chauffeur, Sunday driver, Sunday motorist, truck driver

   Coordinate term: backseat driver

   • 1926, C. E. M. Joad, The Babbitt Warren, London: Trubner & Co, page 13:

     Moreover, the motorist, even if the speed at which he travelled enabled him to appreciate what he saw, does not see the country at all. What he does see is a tarred road, a couple of blackened or dust-covered hedges, and a stream of other motorists.

• Sunday motorist

Borrowed from Russian мотори́ст (motoríst) and French motoriste. Equivalent to motor +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /mo.toˈrist/

motorist m (plural motoriști, feminine equivalent motoristă)

1. (rare) auto mechanic, motor mechanic

• motoriza
• motorizare

• motorist in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)