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mountaineer


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mountaineer  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mountaineer  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mountaineer 
  n  :  someone  who  climbs  mountains  [syn:  {mountain  climber}] 
  v  :  climb  mountains  for  pleasure,  as  a  sport 




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