bather

[ bey-ther ]

noun

1. a person or thing that bathes.
2. bathers, (used with a plural verb) Australian Informal. a bathing suit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bather¹

1630–40; bathe + -er ¹; -s ³

Example Sentences

The salon manager responsible for Scally’s one-on-one training was also supervising several other groomers and bathers while maintaining her own schedule of grooms.

From Washington Post

She started out as a bather and worked her way through Grooming Academy before serving as a district trainer for eight years.

From Washington Post

George, the bather, is tidy and polite, given to wearing Sunday-best suits and ties as he goes about his rancher business.

From Time

These days the park is still busy—they had 400,000 visitors in 2020 despite the pandemic—but with the bathers gone and a diminished tour group crowd, it’s alive with a vibrancy and excitement that makes for a gorgeous day out.

From The Daily Beast

Several studies have shown that frequent bathers are more likely to report that they feel healthy than other folks, and tend to sleep better.

From Popular-Science

Its saltness is remarkable, for the bather sits in deep water much as in an armchair, with his head and shoulders emerging.

From Project Gutenberg

The proprieties did not matter with this bather, who p. 40soon learnt how to splash us.

From Project Gutenberg

Weyburn was attracted by a diminutive white tent, of sentry-box shape, evidently a bather's, quite as evidently a fair bather's.

From Project Gutenberg

Sally was denouncing meteorology as imposture when the returning bather produced the effect recorded.

From Project Gutenberg

Here bathing wagons are drawn by a strong horse into the ocean, where the bather can take his cool plunge.

From Project Gutenberg