skater

[ skey-ter ]

noun

a person who skates.
water strider.

Origin of skater

First recorded in 1690–1700; skate¹ + -er¹

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How to use skater in a sentence

Figure skaters—and competitive athletes in general—are known to stick around their sports once they retire.
Figure Skater Michelle Kwan Chases Gold in Rhode Island’s Gubernatorial Race | Nicholas McCarvel | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Sure, when you break down the scores of the two skaters, Sotnikova scored higher, which should mean she was better.
Sotnikova Beat Kim Yu-Na? Figure Skating Is Probably Corrupt (But We Knew That) | Kevin Fallon | February 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Later, she readied herself to present the medals for the Russian figure skaters.
Putin’s Sochi Popularity Boost | Anna Nemtsova | February 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The sport was more inclined towards beautiful Barbie skaters, women like Nancy Kerrigan.
ESPN’s ‘The Price of Gold’ Revisits the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan Scandal | Amy Zimmerman | January 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
At 29, he is again one of the top skaters, riding pro for Politic boards, which has one bearing his name.
The Fall and Rise of Skateboarder Danny Renaud | Michael Daly | August 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

There 123 were too many skaters and sleighs on the ice down here to make iceboating either safe or pleasurable.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison
Then over the line shot the skaters, Dick and Larry side by side and laughing merrily.
The Rover Boys on the Farm | Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
The cries and laughter were soon lost to the three skaters, and a vast solitude received them as they passed down the river.
The Red City | S. Weir Mitchell
The skaters still clung to them, bent on seeing all they could of those whom they envied so much.
The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound | George A. Warren
As the fastest skaters keep together on the ice, so the brightest girls gradually drifted into Queen's and became as one family.
Molly Brown's Sophomore Days | Nell Speed

British Dictionary definitions for skater

skater

/ (ˈskeɪtə) /

noun

a person who skates
same as skateboarder: See skateboarder

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

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