PACER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pacer mean? 

• PACER (noun)
  The noun PACER has 2 senses:

1. a horse used to set the pace in racing

2. a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together

  Familiarity information: PACER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PACER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A horse used to set the pace in racing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pacemaker; pacer; pacesetter

Hypernyms ("pacer" is a kind of...):

bangtail; race horse; racehorse (a horse bred for racing)

Derivation:

pace (regulate or set the pace of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pacer" is a kind of...):

Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)

Derivation:

pace (go at a pace)