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English
Etymology
From canoe + -ist.
Noun
canoeist (plural canoeists)
- A person who travels by canoe.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, photo caption:Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists.
1990, Richard Cartwright Austin, Reclaiming America: restoring nature to culture:Those people who have a meaningful relation to that body of water — whether it be a fisherman, a canoeist, a zoologist, or a logger — must be able to speak for the values which the river represents . . .
Synonyms
Translations
person who travels by canoe
Further reading
- “canoeist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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