About The Word Mountaineer

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Mountaineer

Mountaineer Meaning & Definition
Mountaineer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mountaineer?

[n] someone who climbs mountains
[v] climb mountains for pleasure, as a sport

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mountaineer: mountain climber

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | adventurer | alpinist | climb | climb up | climber | Edmund Hillary | go up | Hillary | mount | Sir Edmund Hillary | Sir Edmund Percival Hillary | Tenzing Norgay | venturer

Mountaineer In Webster's Dictionary

\Moun`tain*eer"\, n. [OF. montanier, LL. montanarius. See {Mountain}.] 1. An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains. 2. A rude, fierce person. [Obs.] No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. --Milton.
\Moun`tain*eer"\, v. i. To lie or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains. You can't go mountaineering in a flat country. --H. James.

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