Etymology

marathoner

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Today it means: Someone who participates in a marathon or other long-distance races. Full definition →

English marathon ← French marathon
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  1. Frenchmarathon
  2. Englishmarathon
  3. English todaymarathoner

From marathon + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.