Swimmer
['swɪmə] or ['swɪmɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a person who travels through the water by swimming; 'he is not a good swimmer'.
(noun.) a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; 'he was an Olympic swimmer'.
Edited by Jessica--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who swims.
(n.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
(n.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores.
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Examples
- Suddenly, with a plunge, as of the swimmer who leaves the bank, she hurried across the road, and we heard the sharp clang of the bell. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The delicious monotony of life in our calm seclusion flowed on with me, like a smooth stream with a swimmer who glides down the current. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But what power could the strongest swimmer oppose to the overpowering violence of ocean in its fury? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Diving, aside from the pleasure afforded to good swimmers, is important in many different industries, particularly in fishing for pearls, corals, sponges, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The revolver I had dropped, so that while we were both strong swimmers it seemed to me that we moved at a snail's pace through the water. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I taught him and a friend of his to swim at twice going into the river, and they soon became good swimmers. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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