n.
A self-propelled passenger vehicle that usually has four wheels and an internal-combustion engine, used for land transport. Also called motorcar.
adj.
Of or relating to automobiles; automotive.
[French : Greek auto-, auto- + French mobile, mobile (from Old French; see mobile).]
automobilist au'to·mo·bil'ist n.
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