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BATHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who takes a bath
Example:
the bathers enjoyed the cool water
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bather" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
bathe (cleanse the entire body)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who travels through the water by swimming
Example:
he is not a good swimmer
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bather" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bather"):
floater (a swimmer who floats in the water)
aquanaut; skin-diver (an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder)
surfboarder; surfer (someone who engages in surfboarding)
Derivation:
bathe (the act of swimming for pleasure or recreation)
bathe (swim for pleasure or recreation)
