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backstroker en · NOUN

Etymology

From backstroke + -er.

Meanings

  1. A swimmer who uses the style backstroke.
    • Matt Grevers was struggling to keep his head above water in a deep pool of backstrokers when a coach from the Netherlands offered him a preserver. 2008 July 13, Karen Crouse, “Wooed by Netherlands, a Swimmer Stays for the Challenge”, in New York Times:
    • I swam differently from the other backstrokers," he says. " 1998 August 28, Ted Kleine, “Pool Hustler”, in Chicago Reader:

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Translations (2)

nl rugslagzwemmer (swimmer who swims the backstroke) · ru спини́ст (swimmer who swims the backstroke)