as in walker
a person who climbs mountains; a mountain climber
They were guided on the adventure by an experienced mountaineer who had scaled many of the country's highest peaks.
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Recent Examples of mountaineer
An avid cyclist and mountaineer, Williams has summited six of the seven highest peaks on Earth, including Mt. Everest.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 29 May 2025
Melissa Arnot Reid is a mountaineer, mountain guide, speaker, and author.
—Outside Online, 28 May 2025
Instead of merely making a tent that's as light as possible at the cost of comfort, Durston understands that backpackers and mountaineers will be living in their tent night after night and might very well be holed up for days on end, waiting out dangerous weather and conditions.
—New Atlas, 6 May 2025
Unlike the mountaineers of yore, Lucy guests have a choice of dining options, including the hotel’s nightly dinner—featuring the regional specialty, tonjiru (pork miso soup)—an on-location convenience store open 24/7, and a café offering coffee and soft serve next door.
—Olivia Young, AFAR Media, 20 May 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 29 May 2025
Melissa Arnot Reid is a mountaineer, mountain guide, speaker, and author.
—Outside Online, 28 May 2025
Instead of merely making a tent that's as light as possible at the cost of comfort, Durston understands that backpackers and mountaineers will be living in their tent night after night and might very well be holed up for days on end, waiting out dangerous weather and conditions.
—New Atlas, 6 May 2025
Unlike the mountaineers of yore, Lucy guests have a choice of dining options, including the hotel’s nightly dinner—featuring the regional specialty, tonjiru (pork miso soup)—an on-location convenience store open 24/7, and a café offering coffee and soft serve next door.
—Olivia Young, AFAR Media, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountaineer
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This agreement unlocks new funding and serves as a vote of confidence in the technology that enables people confined to a wheelchair to stand and walk again without the need for crutches or walkers.—
Borislav "Bobby" Marinov,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Bikers, skaters, and walkers can reach the park via the 11-mile Huron Sunrise Trail connecting Rogers City to Forty Mile Point Lighthouse along the water.—
Elaine Glusac,
AFAR Media,
6 June 2025
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On June 2, a 41-year-old climber from Seattle died from a 3,000-foot fall from the West Buttress route.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
12 June 2025
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Other notable climbers included companies in the defense industry.—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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At least seven pedestrians — Jonathon T. Slaugh, 62; Adrienne Keyana Johnson, 33; William Andrew Akens Jr., 26; Ernesto Torres, 58; Thongthai Xanaxay, 55; Natalia Regina Sanchez, 50; and Kaleb Josiah Green, 22 — have also died in the city since January.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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Hayam El Gamal, 41, and her children were detained by federal immigration authorities on June 3, two days after police say Soliman used Molotov cocktails to attack more than a dozen people demonstrating on the Boulder pedestrian mall in support of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
12 June 2025
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“Mountaineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountaineer. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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