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parachutist
orig. One who descends from a balloon in a parachute, esp. one skilled in such descents. Now more commonly one who makes a parachute descent from an aircraft, esp. a soldier dropped by parachute.
1888Weekly Scotsman 6 Oct. 4/2 Mr. Baldwin, the now well-known balloonist and parachutist. 1888Sci. Amer. 13 Oct. 231/1 An American Parachutist in England. 1890Daily News 21 Feb. 2/3 Narrow escape of a Lady Parachutist. 1927Illustr. London News 10 Sept. 406 (caption) The perilous work of the parachutist. 1936[see ankle-boot]. 1940Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 10 Apr.–11 May 114 Another photograph showing large numbers of Red Army parachutists falling from troop-carrying aircraft during Soviet Army manoeuvres. 1946B.B.C. War Report 78 Parachutists were to do the job, but in the darkness and bad weather the paratroops were widely scattered and only 150 men reached the rendezvous for the attack. 1972Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 7 Jan. 11/4 Parachutists compete in individual aerial acrobatics or accuracy work. 1974Times 19 Apr. 15/5 A sports parachutist just starting out could expect to spend {pstlg}500 on his kit. 1976A. White Long Silence i. 14 He'll also need to be a parachutist and rock-climber.
Hence parachutism, the art or practice of parachuting.
1889Graphic 3 Aug. 127/1 By and by, perhaps, Society may vote parachutism vulgar. |