[f. TURF sb.1 + -ITE1 1 b.] A votary or frequenter of the turf; a racing man. Also attrib.

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1832.  Guardian, 19 May, 4/1. The racing over Newmarket Heath, last week, puts the sagacity of the oldest turfite to the stretch.

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1846.  G. J. Dow (title), Calculus, the turfite’s computer.

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1847.  Illustr. Lond. News, 2 Oct., 219/2. Mr. Pedley, a professional turfite, won the Derby.

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1870.  Sat. Rev., 26 Feb., 275/1. Bankrupt Dukes, spendthrift and profligate Lordlings, turfite peers.

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1910.  Goldw. Smith, Remin., xi. 180. A patron … with a good deal of the turfite in his character.

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