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Definition of Gymnast

1. Noun. An athlete who is skilled in gymnastics.

Definition of Gymnast

1. n. One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the manager of a gymnasium; an athlete.

Definition of Gymnast

1. Noun. One who performs gymnastics ¹

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Definition of Gymnast

1. one who is skilled in physical exercises [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gymnast

Literary usage of Gymnast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Medical and Orthopedic Gymnastics by Anders Gustaf Wide (1902)
"On the one hand, the gymnast must not on any account inconvenience the ... The gymnast should also practice the movements so that he can give them as well ..."

2. The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author by Laurence Sterne (1813)
"... Epistemon, gymnast, Tril and nine or ten more honest blades had got K< ... which Panurge taking in goo and just as it was meant by gymnast, ..."

3. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"A Terrible gymnast.—Indiana Loafers.—Nomenclature. "Shall we stay here over night, or shall we go straight on to Cincinnati ? ..."

4. A Register of National Bibliography: With a Selection of the Chief by William Prideaux Courtney (1905)
"447-56 Zusammenstellung von Schriften über leibesübungen, ed. by GF Lenz and others, 4th ed. 1881. diet, de gymnast., by N. Laisné, 1882, bibliog. pp. ..."

5. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1854)
"33) bends the head to the right, while the gymnast, standing with his face towards the left side of the patient, resists. ..."

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