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decathletes

decathletes is the plural of decathlete.

Meaning of decathlete

Noun

decathlete (plural decathletes)

  1. An athlete who competes in the decathlon.
    • Simply to see what would happen, Paul Terek, a United States decathlete, wore a baseball cap bearing his name in Japanese when he landed at the Osaka airport a few weeks ago. Some children there took the bait.2007 February 9, Juliet Macur, “Decathletes Struggle for Any Recognition”, in The New York Times

Questions about decathletes

What is decathletes the plural of?
Decathletes is the plural of decathlete.

Words near decathletes in the dictionary

  1. decatherms
  2. decatheterization
  3. decathexes
  4. decathexis
  5. decathlete
  6. decathletes
  7. decathlon
  8. decathlons
  9. decatholicization
  10. decatholicize
  11. decatholicized

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