trotter

Definition

One who trots.

Etymology

From Middle English trottere, equivalent to trot + -er.

Example Sentences

• "Charlie kept telling himself that Eddie Gillespie was the great runner, while he was just a quick trotter."
• "... empiricism “A lame cripple going along the right road can overtake a trotter if the latter is running along the wrong road. Moreover, the faster the trotter runs, once having lost the path, the further he lags behind the cripple”.[…]"
• "The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house."