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javelinist en · NOUN

Etymology

From javelin + -ist.

Meanings

1. (rare) A javelin thrower.
   • To the right another trainer leans on his stick watching two more athletes, first a discus thrower, holding the discus in both hands in front of him, second a javelinist tightening the thong of his weapon in his outstretched right hand; he stands frontal. 1973, Royal Irish Academy, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, page 386:
   • Popular athletes took the form of the long striding Akalonu to the record breaking javelinist; Sesan. 2014, Oji Azuka, chapter 5, in A Binary Book, page 172:

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