skin diver

noun

plural skin divers
: a person who engages in skin diving : free diver

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Already a skin diver, Clarke had wanted to experience something like weightlessness, Rozwadowski writes. Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2025

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First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of skin diver was in 1936

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“Skin diver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skin%20diver. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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