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mountaineer
[ moun-tn-eer ]
verb (used without object)
- to climb mountains, especially for sport.
mountaineer
/ ˌmaʊntɪˈnɪə /
noun
- a person who climbs mountains
- a person living in a mountainous area
verb
- intr to climb mountains
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Derived Forms
- ˌmountainˈeering, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mountaineer1
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Example Sentences
When she was 20, she met Lopsang Sherpa, an established mountaineer, who also thought her too tall to marry.
Around the same time, she met an American mountaineer at the Rum Doodle, a bar in Kathmandu.
Jonathan Groff turns a hapless mountaineer who talks to his pet reindeer into a swashbuckling Prince Charming.
A Chinese mountaineer held a green raincoat over his waist like an apron, covering his nakedness.
Sher Khan, a Pakistani mountaineer, sunk to his knees, shivering.
He was a tall, gaunt mountaineer, and his face showed that he was both cunning and crafty.
My daughter is rather a good mountaineer, and Miss Stirling is just as anxious to make the ascent.
That night the mountaineer told the stranger from the city the story that I have put down in the next chapter.
But the darkness hid his face, and the mountaineer, with mind intent upon his story, did not heed.
The words of the giant mountaineer seemed burned into the father's brain; Hell couldn't hold him against such as that.
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