Canoeist

//kəˈnuːɪst// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who travels by canoe.

    "Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists."

  2. 2
    someone paddling a canoe wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
canoercanoerpaddler

Example

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"Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists."

Etymology

From canoe + -ist.

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