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Mountaineer
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains.
2. A rude, fierce person. [Obs.] No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. Milton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To lie or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains. You can't go mountaineering in a flat country. H. James.