mountaineer
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- noun
- /ˌmaʊntɪˈnɪr/
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montañista
- Any fit and reasonably competent mountaineer can climb Everest.
- ski mountaineer
- experienced mountaineer
- legendary mountaineer
Well, Adrian Ballinger, who's one of the world's greatest Mountaineers, like struggled like, there's that, right?
- Well, Adrian Ballinger, who's one of the world's greatest Mountaineers, like struggled like, there's that, right?
- And he's also a really good big wall climber and Mountaineer.
- He, I mean, he went looking for him on his own, also a Mountaineer and he found him dead.
- His footloose prototype was an intrepid Mountaineer.
Examples
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The mountaineer skillfully navigated the treacherous path up the mountain.
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Crest Pictures is pleased to announce the release of their latest production, FreeRider, a short film about splitboard mountaineer Kyle Miller.
Blog text (29) -
I used to be a mountaineer, see?
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Were you really a mountaineer?
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One of my sailors was a mountaineer.
Fiction book (1990) -
- I'm a fully qualified mountaineer.
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And so being a Mountaineer does teach you humility.
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He had his pilot's license; he was a very accomplished mountaineer.
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One of the world's most accomplished and respected high Alpine Mountaineers, he has summited Earth's highest and most treacherous peaks.
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As an experienced mountaineer, she has summited several of the world's highest peaks.
Synonyms
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1.5
A person who climbs mountains or steep rocks
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2.8
A person who goes up mountains as a sport
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7.8
A person who climbs mountains or very steep places
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8.5
A person who climbs high mountains using ropes and special equipment
A person who climbs steep rock faces for sport
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Etymology
Mountaineer comes from the simple word mountain and the ending -eer, which makes a name for a person, just like pioneer. So a mountaineer is 'one who climbs mountains'.