What does "mountaineer" mean?
Mountaineer: A rude, fierce person. [Obs.] No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.To lie or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains. You can't go mountaineering in a flat country. H. James.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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