Definitions for mountaineer

mountaineer moun·tain·eer

Spelling: [moun-tn-eer]
IPA: /ˌmaʊn tnˈɪər/

Mountaineer is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 950 anagrams from letters in mountaineer (aeeimnnortu).

Definitions for mountaineer

noun

  1. an inhabitant of a mountainous district.
  2. a climber of mountains, especially for sport.

verb (used without object)

  1. to climb mountains, especially for sport.

Origin of mountaineer

First recorded in 1600-10; mountain + -eer

Examples for mountaineer

I am a mountaineer; having been born at my father's country residence.

The feeling is an unreasoning one, like the home-sickness of the mountaineer.

A Chinese mountaineer, Sher learned, had miraculously survived.

Jean herself had remarked the gaze of the Alsatian mountaineer.

It is famous for its wonderful power as a rock climber and mountaineer.

A Chinese mountaineer held a green raincoat over his waist like an apron, covering his nakedness.

She had neither the strength of limb nor the agile grace of the mountaineer.

Around the same time, she met an American mountaineer at the Rum Doodle, a bar in Kathmandu.

The ascent was perilous at any hour to any foot save that of a mountaineer.

Sher Khan, a Pakistani mountaineer, sunk to his knees, shivering.

Word Value for mountaineer
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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