marathoner

English

Etymology

marathon + -er

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæ.ɹæ.θən.ə(ɹ)/
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Noun

marathoner (plural marathoners)

  1. Someone who participates in a marathon or other long-distance races.
    • 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, New York Times, retrieved 2 November 2012:
      She called on all the marathoners to go to Staten Island to help with the clean-up effort and to bring the clothes they would have shed at the start to shelters or other places where displaced people were in need.

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