mountaineers

Noun

mountaineer (plural mountaineers)

1. (archaic) A person who lives in a mountainous area (often with the connotation that such people are outlaws or uncivilized).
   • (obsolete)

   Synonyms:

   highlander, mountainer

2. A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure.
   • He first took me into Switzerland, and had he kept me there till now, amidst the scenery with which his pen and pencil brought me acquainted, I should have looked on myself as a very happy mountaineer, and him as a delightful guide!1795, Samuel Jackson Pratt, edited by T. N. Longman and L. B. Seeley, Gleanings through Wales, Holland and Westphalia, volume 1, London, Supplementary Letters, Letter 3, page 408

   Synonyms:

   alpinist, cragsman, mountain climber

3. (obsolete) An animal or plant that is native to a mountainous area.
   • This hardy race [of sheep] differ from our other breeds, not only in their dark complection and horns, but principally in the long coarse shagged wool which grows upon these mountaineers.1786, George Culley, Observations on Live Stock, London: G. G. J. & J. Robinson, p. 92
4. A bird of the genus Oreonympha; also called the bearded mountaineer or eastern mountaineer

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