biathloner

English

Etymology

biathlon +‎ -er

Noun

biathloner (plural biathloners)

  1. A biathlon competitor.
    • 1986, Bart Davis, Takeover, →ISBN, page 100:
      What did you tell me you used to call those other biathloners who tried to shoot without really aiming?
    • 1998 March-April, “Japan Redux”, in Skiing, volume 50, number 7:
      There was the case of the Finnish biathloner Yrjo Salpakari, who got so excited by the sight of an eight-point buck crossing the trail that he plugged it with a single shot.
    • 2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN:
      As attractive and as personable as she is, she is a biathloner.

Translations
biathlete — see biathlete
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