MEDALIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does medalist mean? 

• MEDALIST (noun)
  The noun MEDALIST has 2 senses:

1. someone who has won a medal

2. (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament

  Familiarity information: MEDALIST used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDALIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who has won a medal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

medalist; medallist

Hypernyms ("medalist" is a kind of...):

victor; winner (the contestant who wins the contest)

Derivation:

medal (an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

medal winner; medalist; medallist

Hypernyms ("medalist" is a kind of...):

golf player; golfer; linksman (someone who plays the game of golf)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)