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biathloner en · NOUN

Etymology

From biathlon + -er.

Meanings

1. A biathlon competitor.
   • What did you tell me you used to call those other biathloners who tried to shoot without really aiming? 1986, Bart Davis, Takeover, →ISBN, page 100:
   • There was the case of the Finnish biathloner Yrjo Salpakari, who got so excited by the sight of an eight-point buck crossing the trail that he plugged it with a single shot. 1998 March-April, “Japan Redux”, in Skiing, volume 50, number 7:
   • As attractive and as personable as she is, she is a biathloner. 2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN:

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