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
Yoshinaga, a veteran actress who stars in TIFF’s opening film Climbing For Life, a biopic of Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the ceremony.
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Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
People who pursue the sublime in nature—mountaineers, scuba divers, and the like—are often on the hunt for it.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
The incident highlights the risks the world’s highest peak poses for the ever-growing number of mountaineers, adventurers and tourists who flock there.
—Kaijing Xiao, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
Recently, mountaineers near the Amberger Hütte, where the men sought shelter after landing, discovered parachute material exposed by the melting snow and ice believed to be from Operation Greenup, according to a Sept. 29 news release from the Austria Press Agency.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
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Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
People who pursue the sublime in nature—mountaineers, scuba divers, and the like—are often on the hunt for it.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
The incident highlights the risks the world’s highest peak poses for the ever-growing number of mountaineers, adventurers and tourists who flock there.
—Kaijing Xiao, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
Recently, mountaineers near the Amberger Hütte, where the men sought shelter after landing, discovered parachute material exposed by the melting snow and ice believed to be from Operation Greenup, according to a Sept. 29 news release from the Austria Press Agency.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountaineer
Noun
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Consequently, even the most avid walker will occasionally need a car.—
Greyson Ferguson,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The original clowning actors in the United States joined trick riders on horseback, jugglers, and rope walkers to draw laughs by mocking conventional norms of the time.—
Time,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The most recent reported was Harris Levinson, a 61-year-old solo backpacker who went missing in June and was found to have suffered a fatal injury in a fall.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Thankfully, one ingenious backpacker designed this key to aid in the process.—
Zoe Gates,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But Hall was very much alive, when another climber — then 45-year-old Dan Mazur — ascending the mountain with a Sherpa guide and two other climbers encountered Hall.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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On November 1, rock climber Will Moss became the fourth person ever to free climb The Nose on El Capitan in a day, joining Tommy Caldwell, Connor Herson, and Lynn Hill.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Boise Police Department said late in the afternoon in a post on X that a pedestrian was hit near the corner of Harrison Boulevard and Ada Street, and said the juvenile had injuries that appeared to be life-threatening and was taken to a local hospital.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Nov. 2025
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Aside from the now-pedestrian ability to count steps, the watches purportedly can spot possible atrial fibrillation (an irregular heart rhythm) and sleep apnea.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Mountaineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountaineer. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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