Alpinist

Full definition of alpinist

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to alpinism.
• 1997, "From the editors," Jaskinie - The Caves (Bulletin of the Caving Commission of Polish Mountaineering Association), no. 7:The group of Warsaw cavers climbed out of several caves in Poland and of Sistema Cheve using alpinist techniques.
• 2001, F. J. Sterck and F. Bongers, "Crown development in tropic rain forest trees," Journal of Ecology, vol. 89, no. 1, page 3:The crowns of taller individuals could only be studied from neighbouring trees (climbed using spikes or alpinist ropes).

Noun

1. (sometimes capitalized) A mountain climber, especially in the European Alps or in ranges of similar ruggedness and elevation.
• 1885, "Notes and News," Science, vol. 5, no. 124, page 512:The Swiss geologist and alpinist, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, the first to make the ascent of Mont Blanc (Aug. 3, 1787), is to have erected in his honor a statue in the village of Chamounix.
• 2000, Oliver Nicholson, "Constantine's Vision of the Cross," Vigiliae Christianae, vol. 54, no. 3, page 311:A cross in the sky could have appeared. . . . The famous Alpinist Edward Whymper saw a similar effect on the Matterhorn.
2. (sometimes capitalized) A downhill skier who practises the sport on high mountains.

Anagrams

• antislip, pintails, tailpins, tailspin