English Dictionary

MEDALLIST

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does medallist mean? 

MEDALLIST (noun)
  The noun MEDALLIST has 2 senses:

1. someone who has won a medalplay

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

  Familiarity information: MEDALLIST used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEDALLIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who has won a medal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

medalist; medallist

Hypernyms ("medallist" 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 ("medallist" 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)


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