Mountainer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mountainer is a noun meaning (obsolete) A person who lives in a mountainous area.
Meaning
(obsolete) A person who lives in a mountainous area.
Example Sentences
He also sent Embassadors to the Mountainers of the Pyrenes, & to the Gaules, to obtaine a quiet passage:
Vossius […] makes the highest MOUNTAIN there not to exceed Ten Furlongs; Which, saith Vossius, it is scarce possible for any one to reach, unless he be a Mountainer born; any other will scarce be able to ascend above Six Furlongs perpendicular;
[…] in the Countrey of Attica there were as many factions as there were diuerse sorts of the territorie: for the Mountainers were Democraticall; those of the champion countrey, Oligarchical; and they that dwelt neer the sea, desired a middle kind of gouernement […]
Word Forms
- mountainers
Synonyms for mountainer
Depending on context, synonyms include highlander, mountaineer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mounter, mountlet, mount, mountaineering, mountain, mountainette.
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