cragsman

[ kragz-muhn ]
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noun,plural crags·men.
  1. a person accustomed to or skilled in climbing crags.

Origin of cragsman

1
First recorded in 1810–20; crag1 + -s3 + man

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How to use cragsman in a sentence

  • It is not comfortable ground, however, except for a tolerable cragsman.

    Italian Alps | Douglas William Freshfield
  • But now, at the present moment, he was unwilling to make essay of his prowess as a cragsman.

    Aaron Trow | Anthony Trollope
  • So defiant is the challenge of this rock that no cragsman can pass it by.

  • Once on the summit the successful cragsman can have any wish he may pine for.

  • So skilled was he in this that he was called Craggeir, the cragsman; and no man could surpass him, whether in daring or skill.

British Dictionary definitions for cragsman

cragsman

/ (ˈkræɡzmən) /


nounplural -men
  1. a rock climber

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