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snowboarder

noun

  1. sportsperson
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊˌbɔːdə/ / /ˈsnoʊˌbɔɹdɚ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English snowboard Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English snowboarder From snowboard + -er.

  1. Someone who snowboards.

    “The same is true in freeskiing, in which skiers pull tricks on some of the same terrain as snowboarders.”

    “To Enni Rukajarvi, a Finnish snowboarder, the temperatures were not a problem — it was warmer than it often is at home, she pointed out — but the wind was tricky.”