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Tom Schulenburg
Guest
From Merriam-Webster:
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The Word of the Day for July 9 is:
peloton \peh-luh-TAHN\ noun
: the main body of riders in a bicycle race
Example sentence: Thousands of cycling fans lined the race route, relaxing in lawn chairs as they
waited for the peloton to speed by.
Did you know? If you've ever watched the Tour de France on television, you've seen plenty of the
peloton, the seemingly endless flow of brightly colored riders making up the central group. You may
have also gained some inadvertent insight into the word itself, which as you may have guessed is
French in origin. In French, "peloton" literally means "ball," but it is most often used with the
meaning "group." It's frequently used in the bicycling context, just as in English, but it can also
refer to a group in a marathon or other sporting event. French "peloton" can also mean "squad" or
"platoon," and since we've told you that you probably won't be too surprised to learn that it is
also the source of our word "platoon."
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The Word of the Day for July 9 is:
peloton \peh-luh-TAHN\ noun
: the main body of riders in a bicycle race
Example sentence: Thousands of cycling fans lined the race route, relaxing in lawn chairs as they
waited for the peloton to speed by.
Did you know? If you've ever watched the Tour de France on television, you've seen plenty of the
peloton, the seemingly endless flow of brightly colored riders making up the central group. You may
have also gained some inadvertent insight into the word itself, which as you may have guessed is
French in origin. In French, "peloton" literally means "ball," but it is most often used with the
meaning "group." It's frequently used in the bicycling context, just as in English, but it can also
refer to a group in a marathon or other sporting event. French "peloton" can also mean "squad" or
"platoon," and since we've told you that you probably won't be too surprised to learn that it is
also the source of our word "platoon."
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