MOUNTAINEER

mountaineer, mountain climber

(noun) someone who climbs mountains

mountaineer

(verb) climb mountains for pleasure as a sport

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

mountaineer (plural mountaineers)

A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure.

Synonyms: alpinist, cragsman, mountain climber

(now, rare) A person who lives in a mountainous area (often with the connotation that such people are outlaws or uncivilized).

Synonyms: highlander, mountainer (obsolete)

(obsolete) An animal or plant that is native to a mountainous area.

Verb

mountaineer (third-person singular simple present mountaineers, present participle mountaineering, simple past and past participle mountaineered)

(intransitive) To climb mountains; to climb using the techniques of a mountaineer.

(intransitive, figurative) To climb as if on a mountain.

Synonyms: clamber, hike

Anagrams

• enumeration

Source: Wiktionary

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Moun`tain*eer", n. Etym: [OF. montanier, LL. montanarius. See Mountain.]

1. An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains.

2. A rude, fierce person. [Obs.] No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. Milton.

Moun`tain*eer", v. i.

Definition: To lie or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains. You can't go mountaineering in a flat country. H. James.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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