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summiteer

American  
[suhm-i-teer] / ˌsʌm ɪˈtɪər /

noun

  1. a participant in a summit meeting.


summiteer British  
/ ˌsʌmɪˈtɪə /

noun

  1. a person who participates in a summit conference

"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

Etymology

Origin of summiteer

First recorded in 1955–60; summit + -eer


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A 10-time Everest summiteer from Northern Ireland died on the descent from Annapurna on Monday.

From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2023

His advisers tried to dress him up on Wednesday afternoon as some sort of mature summiteer.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2016

They include Californian , who in 2010 became the youngest person to climb Everest aged 13, and 80-year old Yuichiro Miura from Japan, who set the for the oldest summiteer.

From BBC ● May 28, 2013

Reagan's evolution from hard-line Soviet baiter to softer-line summiteer dates to an Oval Office parley last fall with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.

From Time Magazine Archive

As secret negotiator, summiteer and diplomat extraordinaire, Kissinger had fascinated the Europeans.

From Time Magazine Archive

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