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cragger

cragger noun: a mountaineer.

Noun

cragger (plural craggers)

  1. (informal) A mountaineer.
    • An athletic kid from New Jersey, Fischer was known as a bold risk taker — they called him “the fallingest man in climbing” — until an old-school cragger taught him the Zen of controlled ascent.2008 March 2, Bruce Barcott, “The Higher They Climb”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2018

Forms of cragger

pluralcraggers

Origin of cragger

From crag + -er.

Questions about cragger

What does cragger mean?
Cragger means a mountaineer.
What part of speech is cragger?
Cragger is a noun.
What is the plural of cragger?
The plural of cragger is craggers.

Words near cragger in the dictionary

  1. cragfast
  2. Cragg
  3. cragge
  4. cragged
  5. craggedness
  6. cragger
  7. craggers
  8. cragges
  9. craggier
  10. craggiest
  11. craggily

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