Hypertext Webster Gateway: "swimmer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swimmer \Swim"mer\, n.
1. One who swims.
2. (Far.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores.
{Little swimmer} (Zo["o]l.), a phalarope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
swimmer
n 1: a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he
was an Olympic swimmer"
2: a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is
not a good swimmer" [syn: {natator}, {bather}]
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