mountaineer
an inhabitant of a mountainous district.
a climber of mountains, especially for sport.
to climb mountains, especially for sport.
Origin of mountaineer
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How to use mountaineer in a sentence
In the Alps quieted by pandemic, a mountaineer finds surprisesThe pandemic will reset the ski industry and prompt resorts to reconsider their investments, he said.
This Austrian ski resort is preparing for a snowless future | Denise Hruby | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostIf I ski a big line, it might require a 5,000-foot ascent, and then I’ll pick my way down like a ski mountaineer.
“Mount Washington is the iconic peak of the Northeast,” says Mark Synnott, renowned mountaineer, author, and owner of Synnott Mountain Guides.
I’d written a book in 2008 about the mountain and never heard of anything like what Jornet had done—not by guides, veteran mountaineers, or even Sherpas, whose ability in the high mountains was legendary.
Kilian Jornet Has a New Book on His Epic Everest Quest | Nick Heil | September 29, 2020 | Outside OnlineEvery year since 1976, ANSMET has sent a team of eight volunteer planetary scientists and mountaineers to Antarctica in December and January to hunt for meteorites.
Meteorites From Mars Contain Clues About the Red Planet’s Geology | Arya Udry | June 17, 2020 | Singularity Hub
When she was 20, she met Lopsang Sherpa, an established mountaineer, who also thought her too tall to marry.
Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling | Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAround the same time, she met an American mountaineer at the Rum Doodle, a bar in Kathmandu.
Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling | Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJonathan Groff turns a hapless mountaineer who talks to his pet reindeer into a swashbuckling Prince Charming.
‘Frozen’ Is the Best Disney Film Since ‘The Lion King’ | Kevin Fallon | November 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA Chinese mountaineer held a green raincoat over his waist like an apron, covering his nakedness.
Sher Khan, a Pakistani mountaineer, sunk to his knees, shivering.
He was a tall, gaunt mountaineer, and his face showed that he was both cunning and crafty.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnMy daughter is rather a good mountaineer, and Miss Stirling is just as anxious to make the ascent.
The Gold Trail | Harold BindlossThat night the mountaineer told the stranger from the city the story that I have put down in the next chapter.
The Shepherd of the Hills | Harold Bell WrightBut the darkness hid his face, and the mountaineer, with mind intent upon his story, did not heed.
The Shepherd of the Hills | Harold Bell WrightThe words of the giant mountaineer seemed burned into the father's brain; Hell couldn't hold him against such as that.
The Shepherd of the Hills | Harold Bell Wright
British Dictionary definitions for mountaineer
/ (ˌmaʊntɪˈnɪə) /
a person who climbs mountains
a person living in a mountainous area
(intr) to climb mountains
Derived forms of mountaineer
- mountaineering, noun
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