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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets;
- Example: "he was an Olympic swimmer"

2. a person who travels through the water by swimming;
- Example: "he is not a good swimmer"
[syn: swimmer, natator, bather]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swimmer \Swim"mer\, n.
   1. One who swims.
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   2. (Far.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
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   3. (Zool.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores.
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   Little swimmer (Zool.), a phalarope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: swimmer, natator, bather]