mountaineer

noun

Definition of mountaineernext
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 Professional ski mountaineer Brody Leven only owns a suit to go to Washington with Protect Our Winters. — ABC News, 24 June 2026 For three days, Nepali mountaineer Dawa Sherpa was trapped deep inside an Everest crevasse, surviving on biscuits, chocolates and chunks of ice, while back home his family had already begun mourning his death. — CBS News, 19 June 2026 Built in 1879 by enterprising townsfolk, the Zermatterhof has been welcoming royalty, celebrities, and intrepid mountaineers for nearly a century and a half. — Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026 Famed rock climber Alex Honnold and co-host Fitz Cahall will record an episode of their Climbing Gold podcast with ski mountaineer Jim Morrison in a discussion of risk and resilience. — John Meyer, Denver Post, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for mountaineer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountaineer
  1. walker
  2. backpacker
  3. climber
  4. pedestrian
Noun
  • Mary Ellen Brown, 68, stood in the back of the chapel and greeted those who walked inside, toward their usual pews, while Emily Lyons, almost 90, maneuvered her walker through the worn wooden doors.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • In the end, Sophia kills Elgin and steals most of the talismans that protect the Fromville citizens from the night walkers.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of walker
Noun
  • The backpacker's body fails him, but not before the slug transforms his mind.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • Today its low price - $28 per day including full board and treatments - attracts ordinary Tajiks plus tourists from the neighboring 'Stans’ and the odd backpacker.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of backpacker
Noun
  • The climber was found dead by search and rescue teams on the upper face of Longs Peak, an iconic 14,259-foot summit in the national park in Colorado.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • And each time another first-time climber reaches the top, the applause rising from the rocks below suggests that, little by little, that community is growing.
    — Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of climber
Noun
  • Nashville’s pedestrian bridge also turned purple, in case anyone in the city had somehow missed the point.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
  • There’s a bridge that’s been converted into a pedestrian bridge across the Tennessee River, and there’s a spot where lynchings occurred, a significant number.
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of pedestrian

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