Athlete
['æθliːt] or ['æθlit]
Definition
(n.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.
(n.) Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion.
(n.) One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.
Edited by Jeffrey
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Combatant, champion, contender for victory.
Typed by Felix
Definition
n. a contender for victory in feats of strength: one vigorous in body or mind. The form Athlē′ta survived till the later half of the 18th century.—adj. Athlet′ic relating to athletics: strong vigorous.—adv. Athlet′ically.—n. Athleticism (ath-let′i-sizm) the act of engaging in athletic exercises: devotion to athletics.—n.pl. Athlet′ics the art of wrestling running &c.: athletic sports.
Typed by Brian
Unserious Contents or Definition
A dignified bunch of muscles, unable to split wood or sift the ashes.
Typed by Ernestine
Examples
- As she walked beside Archer with her long swinging gait her face wore the vacant serenity of a young marble athlete. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Though but ten years old he was fully as strong as the average man of thirty, and far more agile than the most practiced athlete ever becomes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Not forgetting Maurice, as the athlete Milo of the third, replied the poet, raising his glass. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- God, poet, athlete; you are all flattering yourselves, but no one says a good word for me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Then we may assume that our athletes will be able to fight with two or three times their own number? Plato. The Republic.
- And will the habit of body of our ordinary athletes be suited to them? Plato. The Republic.
- And another consideration has just occurred to me: You will remember that our young men are to be warrior athletes? Plato. The Republic.
- Views of an ox trotting, a wild bull on the charge, greyhounds and deer running and birds flying in mid-air were shown, also athletes in various positions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But our warrior athletes must be wide-awake dogs, and must also be inured to all changes of food and climate. Plato. The Republic.
Editor: Samantha