mountaineer

Meaning

Noun

1. (archaic) A person who lives in a mountainous area (often with the connotation that such people are outlaws or uncivilized).
2. A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure.
3. (obsolete) An animal or plant that is native to a mountainous area.
4. A bird of the genus Oreonympha; also called the bearded mountaineer or eastern mountaineer

Verb

1. (intransitive) To climb mountains; to climb using the techniques of a mountaineer.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To climb as if on a mountain.

Synonyms

climber

mountain climber

alpinist

hill tribe

mountain-dweller

Highlander

Alpinist

mountain-climber

highlander

hill tribesman

hillbilly

hillman

hunter

climb a mountain

mountain people

rock climber

cragsman

ascend

churl

barbarian

savage

man of a low tribe

Translations

alpiniste

Bergsteiger

alpinista

montagnard

bergbeklimmer

montañero

⛰️

alpinista

alpinist

dağcı

Bergsteigerin

alpinista

Alpinist

alpinista

ορειβάτης

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪə̯(ɹ)/

Etymology

From mountain + -eer.