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Alpinist

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adj. Of or pertaining to alpinism.

n. A mountain climber, especially in the European Alps or in ranges of similar ruggedness and elevation.

n. A downhill skier who practises the sport on high mountains.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A climber of the Alps.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An alpine climber; an alpestrian.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs

Word Usage

"Police have told the Austria Press Agency they located the partial skeleton Thursday after an alpinist gave them human bones and a hiking boot that he found near a glacier."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

mountain climber mountaineer