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skier

American  
[skee-er] / ˈski ər /

noun

  1. a person who skis.


Etymology

Origin of skier

First recorded in 1890–95; ski + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Vail Resorts reported a 14.9% drop in total skier visits season-to-date at its North American resorts due to low snow and warm weather.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Vonn did tell Vanity Fair that she’s not crazy about the idea of the catastrophe at the Winter Games being the public’s last impression of her as a skier.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"My mother looked at me and said suddenly - look, a gondola is falling. She pretty much heard the impact of the gondola and saw how it fell," the skier told the Nau.ch website.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

It is a third Paralympic medal overall for the visually impaired skier, who had recorded two fourth-place finishes earlier in these Games.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

No one moved in all the snowy fields, but away off on the road a small figure came towards me with the flying, gliding gait of the skier.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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