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Definition of Skater

1. Noun. Someone who skates.

Definition of Skater

1. n. One who skates.

Definition of Skater

1. Noun. a person who skates ¹

2. Noun. (ice hockey) a player who is not a goaltender ¹

3. Noun. Any of numerous hemipterous insects in ''Gerris'', ''Pyrrhocoris'', ''Prostemma'', and allied genera, which run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skater

1. one that skates [n -S] - See also: skates

Medical Definition of Skater

1. 1. One who skates. 2. Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skater

Literary usage of Skater

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

1. A Treasury of Canadian Verse: With Brief Biographical Notes by Theodore Harding Rand (1900)
"GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE skater AND WOLVES SWIFTER the flight! Far, far and high The wild air shrieks its savage cry, And all the earth is ghostly pale, ..."

2. The Life of Benjamin F. Wade by Albert Gallatin Riddle (1888)
"Champion skater.—Lake Erie.—A Drover.—Frank's Trip East.—Visits his Eldest Brother.—Works on the Erie Canal.—Seward Celebrates him in the Senate. ..."

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