backstroker
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- noun
- /ˈbækˌstroʊkər/
:
nadador de espalda
- The coach praised the backstroker for her excellent technique and speed in the water.
Examples
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Even though the Mustangs graduated elite backstroker Therese Svendsen, it won't necessarily hurt them as badly as one might think.
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During the meet, the backstroker surprised everyone by breaking the school record.
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But you know who has been the fastest backstroker in the country so far this season?
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A backstroker used these flags to judge how close to the wall she was.
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North Carolina is already feeling the impact from the return of their All-American backstroker Carly Smith, who missed the 2011-2012 season with an injury.
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The early success of freshman backstroker Bonnie Brandon has assuaged some of the concerns over the loss of Sarah Denninghoff to transfer, and the same can be said for incoming transfer Megan Lafferty as Amanda Kendall was lost.
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As a talented backstroker, Emily won multiple competitions throughout her high school career.
Synonyms
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A person who swims for sport, fun, or exercise
A person who swims, often for sport or exercise
Surface Forms
Morphology
backstroker = backstroke (transparent) = back + stroke + er
The word transparently means a person who does the backstroke, formed by adding the agentive suffix '-er' to the activity noun 'backstroke'.
Etymology
Backstroker is made from back, stroke, and -er, where back means 'the rear part of the body', stroke means 'a swimming movement', and -er means 'someone who does something'. So a backstroker is a swimmer who swims on their back and does the backstroke.