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canoeist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kəˈnuːɪst/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English canoe Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English canoeist From canoe + -ist.

Meanings

1. A person who travels by canoe.
   • Those people who have a meaningful relation to that body of water — whether it be a fisherman, a canoeist, a zoologist, or a logger — must be able to speak for the values which the river represents . . . 1990, Richard Cartwright Austin, Reclaiming America: restoring nature to culture:
   • Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, photo caption:

Forms

Synonyms

canoer

Translations (19)

sv kanotpaddlare (person who travels by canoe) · gl piragüista (person who travels by canoe) · sv kanotist (person who travels by canoe) · ca canoer (person who travels by canoe) · ca canoera (person who travels by canoe) · de Kanute (person who travels by canoe) · ro canoist (person who travels by canoe) · nl kanovaarder (person who travels by canoe) · es piragüista (person who travels by canoe) · pt canoísta (person who travels by canoe) · fr canoéiste (person who travels by canoe) · hu kenus (person who travels by canoe) · de Kanufahrer (person who travels by canoe) · it canoista (person who travels by canoe) · ro canoistă (person who travels by canoe) · nl kanoër (person who travels by canoe) · nl kanovaarster (person who travels by canoe) · cs kanoista (person who travels by canoe) · fi meloja (person who travels by canoe)