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marathoners

marathoners is the plural of marathoner.

Meaning of marathoner

Noun

marathoner (plural marathoners)

  1. Someone who participates in a marathon or other long-distance races.
    • She called on all the marathoners to go to Staten Island to help with the clean-up effort and to bring the clothes they would have shed at the start to shelters or other places where displaced people were in need.2012 November 2, Ken Belson, “After Days of Pressure, Marathon Is Off”, in The New York Times, retrieved 02 Nov 2012

Questions about marathoners

What is marathoners the plural of?
Marathoners is the plural of marathoner.

Words near marathoners in the dictionary

  1. marathon
  2. Marathon County
  3. Marathon Shores
  4. marathoned
  5. marathoner
  6. marathoners
  7. Marathonian
  8. Marathonians
  9. marathonic
  10. marathoning
  11. marathonist

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