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heptathletes

heptathletes is the plural of heptathlete.

Meaning of heptathlete

Noun

heptathlete (plural heptathletes)

  1. An athlete who competes in the heptathlon.
    • “Heptathlon is very geared and favorable to those who are quick,” said Gray’s coach, Andy Eggerth, who trains both heptathletes and decathletes. “A lot of world-class heptathletes are relatively bad at javelin and shot-put.”2021 June 7, Shauna Farnell, “An Olympic Hurdle: Why Is the Decathlon Only for Men?”, in The New York Times

Questions about heptathletes

What is heptathletes the plural of?
Heptathletes is the plural of heptathlete.

Words near heptathletes in the dictionary

  1. heptasyllables
  2. Heptateuch
  3. heptathiocane
  4. heptathiocanes
  5. heptathlete
  6. heptathletes
  7. heptathlon
  8. heptathlons
  9. heptatitanium
  10. heptatocellular
  11. heptatomic

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