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n. One who skates, as on ice.

n. One who skateboards.

n. See water strider.

n. A person who skates.

n. A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.

n. A player who is not a goaltender.

n. Any of numerous hemipterous insects in the family Gerridae, which run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.

n. One who skates.

n. Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.

n. One who skates.

n. One of many different aquatic heteropterous insects with long legs which glide over the surface of water as if skating, as Gerridæ; or Hydrobatidæ, etc.

n. someone who skates

"Drop the term skater when describing someone and you might invoke a variety of reactions."

jock    athlete   

skateboarder    roller-skater    ice-skater   

Crater    Creator    Decatur    Equator    Lemaitre    Mercator    Pater    Slater    amphitheater    amphitheatre   

fencer    oarsman    balloonist    weightlifter    contortionist    Mafioso    swimmer    dude/some    saluer    boxer