biathloner

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noun

A biathlon competitor.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounbiathloner (plural biathloners)

plural biathloners

  1. A biathlon competitor.

    As attractive and as personable as she is, she is a biathloner.

    2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    What did you tell me you used to call those other biathloners who tried to shoot without really aiming?

    1986, Bart Davis, Takeover, →ISBN, page 100

    There was the case of the Finnish biathloner Yrjo Salpakari, who got so excited by the sight of an eight-point buck crossing the trail that he plugged it with a single shot.

    1998 March-April, “Japan Redux”, in Skiing, volume 50, number 7

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

biathloner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biathloner

MLA

“biathloner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biathloner. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biathloner,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biathloner.

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