SWIMMER

swimmer, natator, bather

(noun) a person who travels through the water by swimming; “he is not a good swimmer”

swimmer

(noun) a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; “he was an Olympic swimmer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

swimmer (plural swimmers)

One who swims.

A protuberance on the leg of a horse.

A webfooted aquatic bird.

(chiefly, in the plural, colloquial) A sperm.

(UK, informal) A Norfolk dumpling.

Source: Wiktionary


Swim"mer, n.

1. One who swims.

2. (Far.)

Definition: A protuberance on the leg of a horse.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A swimming bird; one of the natatores. Little swimmer (Zoöl.), a phalarope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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