cragger

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noun

A mountaineer.

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Meanings

nouncragger (plural craggers)

plural craggers

  1. informalA mountaineer.

    An athletic kid from New Jersey, Fischer was known as a bold risk taker — they called him “the fallingest man in climbing” — until an old-school cragger taught him the Zen of controlled ascent.

    2008 March 2, Bruce Barcott, “The Higher They Climb”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2018

Origin

From crag + -er.

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APA

cragger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cragger

MLA

“cragger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cragger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cragger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cragger.

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