Swimmer

2 definitions found

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

  Swimmer \Swim"mer\, n.
     1. One who swims.
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     2. (Far.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
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     3. (Zool.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores.
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     {Little swimmer} (Zool.), a phalarope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  swimmer
       n 1: a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he
            was an Olympic swimmer"
       2: a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is
          not a good swimmer" [syn: {natator}, {bather}]