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noun

pacer n.

One who, or that which, paces.

Especially: A horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together; a horse that paces.

A horse used to set the pace in racing.

Synonyms: pacemaker, pacesetter.

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Etymology of 'Pacer'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pacer" Quotes from Famous Books

... one of the boys, who was driving a trim-looking bay, and who had crossed the line at the ending of the course second only to the pacer that could "speed like lightning," as the boys said; "Hillow, deacon, ain't you going to shake out old shamble-heels and show us fellows what speed is, to-day?" And the merry-hearted chap, son of the principal lawyer of the place, laughed heartily ...

— How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's - And Other Stories • W. H. H. Murray

... the presence of people in whom the desire for progression was strong. So long as the Boer was left to himself he was not aware of his own tardiness. He was very much in the position of a cyclist on the track; it needed a 'pacer' to show how slowly he was travelling. The 'pacer' in this instance brought with him no commendation in the eyes of the Boer; he merely created suspicion and ill-feeling, which ...

— The Boer in Peace and War • Arthur M. Mann

... faces lighted up and they moved their ears and pawed the ground, and whinnied when Mr. Wood went up to them. They tried to rub their heads against him, and I saw plainly that they loved him. "Steady there, Cleve and Pacer," he said; "now back, ...

— Beautiful Joe • Marshall Saunders

... made to San Francisco, several Mexicans offered him large sums of money; nothing, however, could shake him in his resolution. In those countries, though horses will often be purchased at the low price of one dollar, it often happens that a steed, well-known as a good hunter or a rapid pacer, will bring sums equal to those paid in England for ...

— Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet • Captain Marryat

Words linked to "Pacer" : pacemaker, pacesetter, bangtail, pace, racehorse