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tziganes
/ˈtsiɡɑːneɪz/

(sometimes offensive) A Hungarian Gypsy (Romani person).

touts
toutsnoun
/taʊts/

A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.

outpacing
/ˌaʊtˈpeɪsɪŋ/

To go faster than; to exceed the pace of.

demographic
/dɛməˈɡɹæfɪk/

(chiefly in plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.

runner
runnernoun
/ˈɹʌnə/ /ˈɹʌnɚ/

A quick pace, faster than a walk.

wetbacks
/ˈwɛtbæks/

A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.

law
lawnoun
/lɔː/ /lɔ/

An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.

starts
startsnoun
/stɑːrts/ /stɑːts/

An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.

quadrella
/kwɒˈdrɛlə/ /kwɑˈdrɛlə/

A bet where the bettor must pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track.

cockroach
/ˈkɑkˌroʊtʃ/ /ˈkɑkˌroʊtʃə/

(Rwanda) A Tutsi.

patricians
/pəˈtrɪʃənz/ /peɪˈtrɪʃənz/

(antiquity) A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.

green jerseys
/ˈɡriːn ˈdʒɜːrziz/ /ˈɡriːn ˈdʒɝːziz/

The green-colored shirt worn by the leader of a subsidiary competition in a race. In the Tour de France it is worn by the leader of the points competition.

tape
tapenoun
/teɪ̯p/

Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.

hyphens
/ˈhaɪfənz/

Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.

blood horses
/ˈblʌd ˈhɔrsɪz/ /ˈblʌd ˈhɔːrsɪz/

A horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized stock.

ancestries
/ˈænsɛstriːz/ /ˈænsɛstrɪz/

Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

full-blooded
full-bloodedadjective
/ˌfʊl ˈblʌdɪd/ /ˌfʊl ˈblʌdəd/

Of purebred ancestry

octoroons
/ˌɑktəˈrunz/ /ˌɔktəˈrunz/

Someone having one-eighth black ancestry.

interracial
interracialadjective
/ˌɪntəˈɹeɪʃəl/

Between or among two or more different races.

"Interracial struggle against Europid people is a para-Marxist notion."