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Olympian

Olympian

13 3.9
An athlete who competes in the Olympic Games
  • noun
  • /oʊˈlɪp.i.ən/
translation icon : atleta olímpico
  • The New York Post reports that Olympian Colleen Quigley has a tip for you.
  • former Olympian
  • decorated Olympian
  • three-time Olympian

And this would be the same thing as an Olympian going and competing in the Paralympics.

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Examples

  • You are so right that Olympians train almost their entire lives for one race, one event, one day.

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  • Carrie McCoy, two time Olympian from Penn State, one of the greatest Olympic US wrestlers of all time.

  • We are in the presence of a future Olympian.

  • You truly are a great Olympian.

  • How many olympians do we have in town?

  • He's also the most decorated US Winter Olympian in history.

  • Two days earlier, one of the most famous Olympians of all time was fighting his own demons.

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  • I'll train with some of the biggest, the pros, the Olympians, some of them are my close friends.

  • There are 23 openly gay and lesbian London Olympians, plus two coaches.

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  • At the upcoming Olympics, we will see many talented Olympians from around the world compete for gold medals.

Compounds

An ancient Greek festival at Olympia with sports and religious ceremonies held every four years to honor Zeus

Olympian Zeus
  • Literature
9.9

A large seated statue of the god Zeus made in ancient Greece

Surface Forms

Olympian singular
Olympians plural

Morphology

Olympian = Olympus (transparent) = Olympus + ian

The noun 'Olympian' as 'an athlete at the Olympic Games' is formed by the same demonymic suffix and is readily inferable from the place/name associated with the Games.

Etymology

Olympian for an athlete comes from Olympia, the place in Greece where the ancient Games were held, and the modern Olympic Games are named after that place, so an Olympian is someone who competes in those games.