Mountaineer

Mountaineer Meanings:

• An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains
• A rude, fierce person
• A person who climbs mountains for sport
• To live or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains
• (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪə̯(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA(key): /ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪɹ/, ,
• (now rare) A person who lives in a mountainous area (often with the connotation that such people are outlaws or uncivilized). Synonyms: highlander, mountainer (obsolete)
• A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure. 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,This hardy race 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.
• (intransitive) To climb mountains; to climb using the techniques of a mountaineer.
• (intransitive, figurative) To climb as if on a mountain. Synonyms: clamber, hike