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Synonyms for athlete

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ath-leet
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæθ lit

Top 10 synonyms for athlete
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Définition of athlete

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin athleta "a wrestler, athlete, combatant in public games," from Greek athletes "prizefighter, contestant in the games," agent noun from athlein "to contest for a prize," related to athlos "a contest" and athlon "a prize," of unknown origin. Before 1750, usually in Latin form. In this sense, Old English had plegmann "play-man." Athlete's foot first recorded 1928, for an ailment that has been around much longer.
  • noun person involved in sports
Example sentences :
  • The athlete was not so far off that she needed to call very loud.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He liked to think that he was in the hands of Mark Snyder, as an athlete in the hands of his trainer.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • A judge of men would have read him an athlete, perhaps in an unusual line.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • No athlete or any laborer could ever possibly get the muscles you have all over.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • The prince was an athlete, but the man holding him was at this moment made of iron.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • She moved like an athlete, without effort and without constraint.
  • Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
  • He entered the room with the heart of a boy, the presence of an athlete.
  • Extract from : « The Spirit of Sweetwater » by Hamlin Garland
  • He has now given way to the athlete, who is quite a different type.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • An athlete might manage it, he supposed, but he was not an athlete—he was a gentleman and a soldier.
  • Extract from : « Across the Mesa » by Jarvis Hall
  • The man over there who looks like a cross between a poet and an athlete.
  • Extract from : « Skinner's Dress Suit » by Henry Irving Dodge
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