Marathoner

//ˈmæ.ɹæ.θən.ə(ɹ)// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
long distance runnerlong-distance runnermarathon runnerroad runner

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From marathon + -er.

Related phrases

half-marathoner

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