Hypertext Webster Gateway: "climber"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Climber \Climb"er\, n.
One who, or that which, climbs:
(a) (Bot.) A plant that climbs.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a
parrot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Climber \Climb"er\, v. i. [From {Climb}; cf. {Clamber}.]
To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber. [Obs.] --Tusser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
climber
n 1: a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or
over other plants
2: someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior
[syn: {social climber}]
3: someone who ascends on foot; "a solitary mounter of the
staircase" [syn: {mounter}]
4: someone who climbs as a sport
5: an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on
ice when walking or climbing [syn: {crampon}, {crampoon},
{climbing iron}]
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