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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 speedplay

  Familiarity information: SPRINTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPRINTER (noun)


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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