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Definition of Stayer
1. Noun. A person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance. "The horse that won the race is a good stayer"
Definition of Stayer
1. n. One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race.
Definition of Stayer
1. Noun. (sports) An athlete with staying power ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stayer
1. one that stays [n -S] - See also: stays
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stayer
Literary usage of Stayer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reminiscences of the Turf, with Anecdotes and Recollections of Its Principal by William Day (1891)
"... wonderful victory—Compared with Tristan and Iroquois—Need of a ' stayer ' in
the Cambridgeshire— Value of trials—Story of the fraud as to weight in ..."