Noun: swimmers swi-mu(r)z
Usage: Austral, informal (=swimsuit)
Usage: Austral, informal (=swimsuit)
- Tight fitting garment worn for swimming
"She packed her favourite swimmers for the beach vacation";
- swimsuit, swimwear, bathing suit, swimming costume, bathing costume, cozzie [Brit, informal], cossie [Brit, informal], bathers [Austral]
- A person who travels through the water by swimming
"he is not a good swimmer";
- natator [archaic], bather
- A trained athlete who participates in swimming meets
"he was an Olympic swimmer"
Type of: athlete, garment, jock [N. Amer, informal], traveler [US], traveller [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Swimmers
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