athlete
/ˈæθ.lit/ noun A2- A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
- A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson. · She's the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor.
- An exceptionally physically fit person.
Plural athletes
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Consider an athlete with one dumb-bell!
“Great Scott!” cried the athlete.
There is surely nothing in life more painful than to meet the wreck of a fine athlete whom one has known in his prime.
Strong athletes compete in a very famous event called the caber toss.
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