- a variation of medalist.
medallist
Britishnoun
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a designer, maker, or collector of medals
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sport a winner or recipient of a medal or medals
Example Sentences
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My dear Tyndall, I have been going to write to you for two or three days to ask you to propose Hirst's health as Royal Medallist on the 30th November.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
I dined, wined, or bitched with a Medallist or Senior Wrangler.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
"Medallist might put him on the scent, if he is so dreadfully wary," said Lenoir.
From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Hemyng, Bracebridge
Had he not been afterwards Senior Wrangler, First Chancellor’s Medallist and I do not know how many more things besides?
From The Way of All Flesh by Butler, Samuel
"The Medallist of this year, you mean?" said the other, almost breathless in his anxiety.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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