bather
Americannoun
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bathers
plural
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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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Origin of bather
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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
Sunny Los Angeles was the leading edge of bather art in the boisterous 1960s, led by British expat David Hockney, who was busy painting sumptuous pictures of men in showers and lounging around swimming pools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
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 ● Aug. 4, 2022
If only every intermittent bather had those instincts.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021
Samba looked warily round, then began to descend from his perch in the tree, moving as slowly and with as many pauses as a timid bather stepping into the water.
From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Herbert Strang
The longstanding problem has worsened in recent years, and Coronado’s Central Beach was closed to bathers on 129 days in 2025 because of unsafe bacteria levels.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
His paintings of erupting fountains, spurting fireworks and splashing bathers make you feel a cool summer breeze in the middle of a packed fair space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 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 first warning signs were in the Caribbean last year when bathers found the water off the coast of Florida was as warm as a hot tub.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2024
Chicago's daily Tribune sported two full pages of beach bathers with wide smiles and dripping swimsuits, proclaiming, “KEEP COOL! There's room for 250,000 like these at Chicago’s Beaches Today.”
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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