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MOUNTAIN CLIMBER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain climber mean?

• MOUNTAIN CLIMBER (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN CLIMBER has 1 sense:

1. someone who climbs mountains

Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN CLIMBER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MOUNTAIN CLIMBER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who climbs mountains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mountain climber; mountaineer

Hypernyms ("mountain climber" is a kind of...):

adventurer; venturer (a person who enjoys taking risks)

climber (someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mountain climber"):

alpinist (a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs)

Instance hyponyms:

Edmund Hillary; Hillary; Sir Edmund Hillary; Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (New Zealand mountaineer who first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919))

Tenzing Norgay (Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986))

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