mountaineer

== English == === Etymology === From mountain + -eer. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪə̯(ɹ)/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪɹ/, [ˌmãʊ̯̃(n)ʔn̩ˈiəɹ], [ˌmæ̃ʊ̯̃(n)ʔn̩ˈiəɹ], [ˌmæ̃ʊ̯̃(n)ʔn̩ˈĩɚ] Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) === Noun === mountaineer (plural mountaineers) (now rare) A person who lives in a mountainous area (often with the connotation that such people are outlaws or uncivilized). [from 16th c.] Synonyms: highlander, mountainer (obsolete) A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure. [from 19th c.] Synonyms: alpinist, cragsman, mountain climber (obsolete) An animal or plant that is native to a mountainous area. 1786, George Culley, Observations on Live Stock, London: G. G. J. & J. Robinson, p. 92,[7] This hardy race [of sheep] differ from our other breeds, not only in their dark complection and horns, but principally in the long coarse shagged wool which grows upon these mountaineers. 1892, Sutton and Sons, Reading, The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 5th edition, p. 217,[9] There really is no need of artificial heat, for the Auricula is a mountaineer, and can endure both frost and snow. A bird of the genus Oreonympha; also called the bearded mountaineer or eastern mountaineer ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === mountaineer (third-person singular simple present mountaineers, present participle mountaineering, simple past and past participle mountaineered) (intransitive) To climb mountains; to climb using the techniques of a mountaineer. (intransitive, figurative) To climb as if on a mountain. Synonyms: clamber, hike ==== Related terms ==== mountaineering === Anagrams === enumeration