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blader

blader

7.6
A person who moves on inline skates
  • noun
  • /ˈbleɪdər/
  • Slang
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  • During the summer, many bladers gather at the skate park to practice new tricks.

Examples

  • They've got more bladers than any other town in the world, and that's not per capita.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Lots of would-be bladers wash out here because they can't figure out the rules of the road, and that makes learning the moves difficult.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Bladers can bend at the knees, the waist, or wherever is required, or we can simply duck and slide on by.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Roller bladers glide smoothly along the park path, showcasing their skills.

  • At the competition, the best bladers demonstrated their speed and agility on the course.

Synonyms

skater
vsblader
102 1.0

A person who moves using special shoes with metal blades or wheels

refers specifically to people who use skates with wheels in a single row
rollerblader
vsblader
3 2.3

A person who skates on shoes with wheels in a single row

has identical meaning but is an alternative word form

Surface Forms

blader singular
bladers plural

Morphology

blader = blade (opaque) = blade + er

The -er pattern is regular, but the skating sense depends on a specialized meaning of blade that is not recoverable from the common cutting-blade sense.

Etymology

Blader comes from blade 'a sharp edge' and the ending -er 'one who', and it is also related to the sport word rollerblade. A helpful way to remember this sense is that a blader is 'one who blades', meaning someone who skates on inline or roller skates.