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biathloner

biathloner noun: a biathlon competitor.

Noun

biathloner (plural biathloners)

  1. A biathlon competitor.
    • What did you tell me you used to call those other biathloners who tried to shoot without really aiming?1986, Bart Davis, Takeover, →ISBN, page 100
    • There was the case of the Finnish biathloner Yrjo Salpakari, who got so excited by the sight of an eight-point buck crossing the trail that he plugged it with a single shot.1998 March-April, “Japan Redux”, in Skiing, volume 50, number 7

Forms of biathloner

pluralbiathloners

Origin of biathloner

From biathlon + -er.

Questions about biathloner

What does biathloner mean?
Biathloner means a biathlon competitor.
What part of speech is biathloner?
Biathloner is a noun.
What is the plural of biathloner?
The plural of biathloner is biathloners.

Words near biathloner in the dictionary

  1. biatch
  2. biatches
  3. biathlete
  4. biathletes
  5. biathlon
  6. biathloner
  7. biathloners
  8. biathlons
  9. biatomic
  10. biatorine
  11. biatrial

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