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Parachutist

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport.

    "If any of the extreme sports can be considered truly high risk, then B.A.S.E. Jumping is that sport. […] Modern B.A.S.E. jumping is believed to have started in 1978, where daring parachutists first began jumping off of El Capitan, a 3,000 foot (915m) cliff high above Yosemite National Park."

  2. 2
    a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute wordnet

Etymology

From parachute + -ist.

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