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Swimmer

//ˈswɪm.ɚ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who swims.

    "The swimmer who is an expert does not exhibit his muscular force by violent movements, but exhibits some power which is invisible and which shows itself in perfect grace and reposefulness."

  2. 2
    a person who travels through the water by swimming wordnet
  3. 3
    A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
  4. 4
    a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets wordnet
  5. 5
    A webfooted aquatic bird.
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  1. 6
    A sperm. colloquial, in-plural
  2. 7
    A Norfolk dumpling. UK, informal

Etymology

From Middle English swimmere, equivalent to swim + -er. The dumplings are so called because they are often served in stew.

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