bather
Americannoun
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a person or thing that bathes.
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(used with a plural verb) bathers, a bathing suit.
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Despite the "significant concerns and objections" raised, the application did meet "the sole criterion for designation under the regulations, namely there is evidence of bather numbers", he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2024
Every few minutes, a bather walked into the chilly lake, then scurried, shivering, back toward the hot pools.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021
If only every intermittent bather had those instincts.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021
Into the contraption they went, whereupon the bather could change into a swimsuit and be wheeled into the ocean to take a plunge unobserved by leering eyes.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2018
On the other hand, the whole of the little town, Kohol with all the Jewish authorities and the bather and the grave-digger, trembled before the lunatic, closed door and window at his approach.
From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb
“Where is the evidence that it’s a risk for bathers to use the ocean?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
With its spectacular white formations rounded by erosion, the so-called 'moon beach' has bathers packed tighter than an astronaut's suit during summertime.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
The subject — bathers — is as foundational to Modern art as it gets, conjuring Paul Cézanne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
He noted “extraordinary” public-funded investments being poured into making the river — largely off limits to bathers since 1923 — swimmable again.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
County officials say they eliminated the springs out of concern that bathers might become gravely ill from virulent microbes thought to flourish in the thermal pools.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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