English▸ noun
1 an animal or means of transportation bred or designed especially for racing:
tall-masted ocean racers.
▪ a person who competes in races:
a car that every top racer wants to drive
he's Britain's No. 1 downhill racer.
2 a fast-moving, harmless, and typically slender-bodied snake.
Several genera in the family Colubridae: genus Coluber, including the American C. constrictor and the European C. gemonensis (see also whip snake), and the Asian genera Ptyas and Argyrogena (also called rat snake).