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skatist

skatist noun: a skater (person who skates), especially a skateboarder or rollerskater.

Noun

skatist (plural skatists)

  1. A skater (person who skates), especially a skateboarder or rollerskater.
    • One of our townsmen, who was just flattering himself with the idea of having acquired some proficiency as a skatist while making a round on the rollers, at the Pavilion got himself into an ungainly 'posish,' when the skate he was for the instant turning upon in a twinkling left him in the lurch.1871, Weekly Intelligencer, November 20, 1871, quoted in "Roller skating in Seattle first occurs on October 21, 1871", historylink.org...

Forms of skatist

pluralskatists

Questions about skatist

What does skatist mean?
Skatist means a skater (person who skates), especially a skateboarder or rollerskater.
What part of speech is skatist?
Skatist is a noun.
What is the plural of skatist?
The plural of skatist is skatists.

Words near skatist in the dictionary

  1. skating one's lane
  2. skating over
  3. skating rink
  4. skating rinks
  5. skatings
  6. skatist
  7. skatol
  8. skatole
  9. skatoles
  10. skatology
  11. skatols

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