Swimmer

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The light bag, usually cigar-shaped or fish-shaped, within an open net of cords, which incloses buoyant gas and is employed to support the machinery and crew of a dirigible balloon.
  • noun. One who swims.
  • noun. An animal which is well adapted for swimming, or which swims habitually.
  • noun. A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
  • noun. Something that swims or floats or is used as a float.
  • noun. In brewing, a metallic vessel floated on the wort in a fermenting-tun, and used to hold ice or iced water for absorbing the heat produced by the fermentation.
  • noun. A swimming-bladder.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who swims.
  • noun. A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
  • noun. A swimming bird; one of the natatores.
  • noun. a phalarope.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who swims.
  • noun. A sperm.
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  • noun. a person who travels through the water by swimming
  • noun. a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets