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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Mountaineer

/(moun`tĭn*ēr")/ · Moun·tain·eer · IPA /ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪɹ/
01 n. An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains.
  1. 1.
    An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains.
  2. 2.
    A rude, fierce person.[Obs.]
    “No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer.” Milton.
  3. 3.
    A person who climbs mountains for sport.
02 v. i. To live or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains.
  1. 1.
    To live or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains.
    “You can't go mountaineering in a flat country.” — H. James.