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domestique

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Noun — A cyclist who works to support their team's leader, for example by riding ahead to break the wind, rather than trying to win themselves.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French domestique ("domestic servant, maid"), which comes from the adjective domestique ("domestic"), from Latin domesticus ("of the house, domestic; familiar; native"), ultimately from domus ("home, house; place of one's birth or residence, native country"). It is a doublet of domestic.

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