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mountaineer

[ moun-tn-eer ]

/ ˌmaʊn tnˈɪər /

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noun

an inhabitant of a mountainous district.

a climber of mountains, especially for sport.

verb (used without object)

to climb mountains, especially for sport.

Origin of mountaineer

First recorded in 1600–10; mountain + -eer

Words nearby mountaineer

mountain viscacha, mountain wave, mountain whitefish, mountain wind, mountainboard, mountaineer, mountaineering, mountainous, mountainside, mountaintop, mountainy

Example sentences from the Web for mountaineer

Around the same time, she met an American mountaineer at the Rum Doodle, a bar in Kathmandu.

Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling |Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman |March 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A Chinese mountaineer held a green raincoat over his waist like an apron, covering his nakedness.

Death on Killer Mountain |Amanda Padoan |July 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Sher Khan, a Pakistani mountaineer, sunk to his knees, shivering.

Death on Killer Mountain |Amanda Padoan |July 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
A Chinese mountaineer, Sher learned, had miraculously survived.

Death on Killer Mountain |Amanda Padoan |July 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

From the mountaineer they obtained a few extra provisions, including a portion of the mutton that had been killed.

Dave Porter in the Far North |Edward Stratemeyer
Through such devious ways did it come to pass that the mountaineer entered a world of which he had never even dreamed.

Heart of the Blue Ridge |Waldron Baily
He was no mountaineer himself, but he pointed out the way, and others soon followed it.

The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times |Alfred Biese
That odd creature of a mountaineer amused himself thoroughly with the rascal Pinocchio.

The Heart of Pinocchio |Collodi Nipote
The mountaineer, accustomed to the pure air of his native hills, pines and moulders away in the narrow streets of our cities.

Harmonies of Political Economy |Frdric Bastiat

British Dictionary definitions for mountaineer

mountaineer

/ (ˌmaʊntɪˈnɪə) /

noun

a person who climbs mountains

a person living in a mountainous area

verb

(intr) to climb mountains

Derived forms of mountaineer

mountaineering, noun