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MEDALLIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament

Synonyms:

medal winner; medalist; medallist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who has won a medal

Synonyms:

medalist; medallist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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