swimmer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets
    • he was an Olympic swimmer
  2. noun a person who travels through the water by swimming
    bather; natator.
    • he is not a good swimmer

WordNet


Swim"mer noun
Definitions
  1. One who swims.
  2. (Far.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
  3. (Zoöl.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores.

Webster 1913