skater

[skey-ter]

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noun

a person who skates.
water strider.

Origin of skater

First recorded in 1690–1700; skate¹ + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for skater

Contemporary Examples

Maybe the judges scored the Russian skater generously because they just wanted to be done with it all and get out of Sochi alive.
Sotnikova Beat Kim Yu-Na? Figure Skating Is Probably Corrupt (But We Knew That)
Kevin Fallon
February 21, 2014
But I could not bear the thought of skater Takahashi being seen by the world as a co-conspirator in our crime.
Japan’s Beloved Deaf Composer is Neither Deaf Nor a Composer
Jimmy So
February 13, 2014
Sajed fearlessly slapped on the rollerblades to give them a whirl, and a skater was born.
If You Build It, They Will Skate
Maysoon Zayid
July 17, 2013
Weir: I've spoken with Vera Wang, she used to be a skater herself.
The Outrageous Johnny Weir
Choire Sicha
January 12, 2010
There were skater boys phone banking, grade-schoolers sorting call sheets.
Why Obama Staffers Are Secretly Worried, and Other Dispatches from the Campaign Trail
The Daily Beast
October 26, 2008

Historical Examples

I am as sure of my line as a skater of making his figure of eight!
Roundabout Papers
William Makepeace Thackeray
On and on he glided, on what seemed to him the most perfect ice that skater ever tried.
Winter Adventures of Three Boys
Egerton R. Young
The skater must keep himself erect, leaning most on the heel.
Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements
Various
"The white ones are the Druids," said Wulf the Skater to his companions.
Ulric the Jarl
William O. Stoddard
"Guide me to the river and the marsh," he said to Wulf the Skater.
Ulric the Jarl
William O. Stoddard

British Dictionary definitions for skater

skater

noun

a person who skates
same as skateboarderSee skateboarder
British informal a young person who typically wears baggy clothes and spends a lot of time skateboarding
See pond-skater

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for skater

n.

1700, "one who ice-skates," agent noun from skate (v.). Extended to skateboarders by 1977.

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Examples from the Web for skater

Contemporary Examples

Maybe the judges scored the Russian skater generously because they just wanted to be done with it all and get out of Sochi alive.

But I could not bear the thought of skater Takahashi being seen by the world as a co-conspirator in our crime.

Sajed fearlessly slapped on the rollerblades to give them a whirl, and a skater was born.

Weir: I've spoken with Vera Wang, she used to be a skater herself.

There were skater boys phone banking, grade-schoolers sorting call sheets.

Historical Examples

I am as sure of my line as a skater of making his figure of eight!

On and on he glided, on what seemed to him the most perfect ice that skater ever tried.

The skater must keep himself erect, leaning most on the heel.

"The white ones are the Druids," said Wulf the Skater to his companions.

"Guide me to the river and the marsh," he said to Wulf the Skater.

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Word Origin and History for skater

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Origin of skater