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SPRINTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sprinter mean?
• SPRINTER (noun)
The noun SPRINTER has 1 sense:
1. someone who runs a short distance at top speed
Familiarity information: SPRINTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who runs a short distance at top speed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("sprinter" is a kind of...):
runner (a trained athlete who competes in foot races)
Instance hyponyms:
Carl Lewis; Frederick Carleton Lewis; Lewis (United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961))
Derivation:
sprint (run very fast, usually for a short distance)
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