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pacer¹

noun pacers

  1. One who paces.
  2. In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter.
  3. archaic A horse whose natural gait is a pace (where the legs of the same side are lifted together). And the hill-king spake to his footpages twain. Time with me goes slow. — "Put ye the gray pacers now unto the wain," But that grief is heavy I know.
  4. A pacemaker (one who sets the pace in a race).
  5. A timer in an electric toothbrush that indicates how long the user should spend brushing in each part of the mouth.

pacer²

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From the brand name Pacer.

noun pacers

  1. Australia A mechanical pencil.

Pacer³

noun Pacers

  1. A British lightweight railbus diesel multiple unit of class 140, 141, 142, 143 or 144.

PACER⁴

  • /ˈpeɪsə/ UK
  • /ˈpeɪsəɹ/ US

proper noun Pacer

  1. US, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Public Access to Court Electronic Records, an electronic public access service for United States federal-court documents.

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"pacer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pacer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pacer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pacer

Chicago

"pacer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pacer.

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@misc{pacer_2026,
  title = {pacer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pacer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}