skater

noun

skat·​er ˈskā-tər How to pronounce skater (audio)
1
: one that skates
2

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The world figure skating championships are back on US soil The world's best figure skaters will converge at TD Garden in Boston this week for the latest edition of the annual world championships, which will serve as both a coda to the 2024-2025 season and a key benchmark for the year to come. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025 If anything, his five points in the past three wins could damage the Penguins’ NHL Draft lottery odds — a potentially devastating outcome for a franchise that lacks an impact skater in its system. Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025 The complexity of measuring every skater requires a high degree of synchronicity, looking at things like body line and leg angle. John Werner, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 Seltzer believed that women spectators would be drawn to women skaters. Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for skater

Word History

First Known Use

1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of skater was in 1700

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“Skater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skater. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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