Mountaineer

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mountaineer \Moun`tain*eer"\ (moun`t[i^]n*[=e]r"), n. [OF.
     montanier, LL. montanarius. See {Mountain}.]
     1. An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among
        mountains.
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     2. A rude, fierce person. [Obs.]
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              No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. --Milton.
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     3. A person who climbs mountains for sport.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mountaineer \moun`tain*eer"\, v. i.
     To live or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains.
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           You can't go mountaineering in a flat country. --H.
                                                    James.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mountaineer
       n : someone who climbs mountains [syn: {mountain climber}]
       v : climb mountains for pleasure as a sport

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "mountaineer":
     adventurer, alpinist, ascender, astronaut, backwoodsman,
     briar-hopper, brush ape, bumpkin, bushman, camper, clam digger,
     climber, clodhopper, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite,
     cracker, cragsman, cruiser, desert rat, excursionist, explorer,
     fare, forester, frontiersman, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer,
     hajji, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, hinterlander, jet set, jet-setter,
     journeyer, mariner, mountain man, palmer, passenger, passerby,
     pathfinder, pilgrim, piny, pioneer, provincial, redneck,
     ridge runner, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, sightseer,
     straphanger, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient,
     traveler, trekker, tripper, upclimber, viator, visiting fireman,
     voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, woodlander, woodman,
     woodsman, world-traveler, yokel