alpinist
noun/ˈælpɪnɪst/
/ˈælpɪnɪst/
- a person who climbs high mountains as a sport, especially in the AlpsWord Originlate 19th cent.: from French alpiniste, from Latin Alpinus, from Alpes ‘Alps’.
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