ski patroller

noun

A person who works as a member of a ski patrol.

Meanings

nounski patroller (plural ski patrollers)

plural ski patrollers

  1. A person who works as a member of a ski patrol.

    The camera angle changed as the videographer slid closer across the slope until the ski patroller trying to calm Ali was filling the frame.

    2013, Blue Griffiths, Radiance: In the Business of Miracles, →ISBN
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    As a ski patroller, your duties may include watching out for avalanches, maintaining trails, and keeping track of weather data. Unfortunately, the biggest part of a ski patrollers' job is to take care of injuries that occur on the slopes.

    2006, Alecia T. Devantier, Carol A. Turkington, Extraordinary Jobs for Adventurers, →ISBN, page 108

    On one particular run we decided to head back to the original area we found, Geoff set off and at that point Jarv noticed a ski patroller about to get off the chairlift and warned Burf and me to wait.

    2011, Robert Oliver, In the white room - chasing Hokkaido powder, →ISBN, page 78

Origin

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APA

ski patroller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ski%20patroller

MLA

“ski patroller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ski%20patroller. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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