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Definitions for: Mountaineer [n] someone who climbs mountains
[v] climb mountains for pleasure, as a sport
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: mountain climber
See Also: adventurer, alpinist, climb, climb up, climber, Edmund Hillary, go up, Hillary, mount, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, venturer
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