summiteern.
/ˌsʌmᵻˈtɪə/, U.S. /ˌsəməˈtɪ(ə)r/ 1. A climber who reaches or has reached the summit of a mountain.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > mountaineer or climber
rock climber1767
rockman1798
cragsman1816
cliffsman1829
mountaineer1860
Alpestrian1861
alpinist1861
cliffer1861
glissader1861
ascensionist1863
alpenstocker1864
shin-scraper1869
hillmana1885
second1907
Munro-bagger1910
summiteer1926
middleman1968
rock jock1980
free soloist1984
1926 Mazama July 3/2 The victorious ‘summiteers’ returned to Spirit Lake at about 7 o'clock.
1987 J. Curran K2 (1989) i. vii. 83 It was a large nationalistic expedition... Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni were the summiteers.
2004 High Mountain Mar. 75/2 Of the five expeditions attempting 8,586m Kangchenjunga, two were successful with all summiteers reaching the top on the same day.
2. A participant in a summit meeting.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > diplomatic negotiation > summit conference > one taking part in
summiteer1955
1955 Washington Post & Times Herald 17 July e5/1 The summiteers are scheduled to meet only briefly each afternoon.
1978 Guardian Weekly 23 July 6 Hot from their discussions on how to save the world from an energy crisis, the six summiteers repaired to the 14th century Gymnich Castle, near Bonn, for dinner.
2008 Australian (Nexis) 17 Apr. 32 The summiteers will be considering whether shield laws are needed to protect journalists who refuse to identify their sources in the public sector.
Derivatives
summiˈteering n. the action of holding or participating in a summit meeting.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > diplomatic negotiation > summit conference > holding of
summitry1958
summiteering1959
1959 Economist 19 Sept. 942/1 The way in which they succumbed to summiteering fever is perhaps not a bad sign of the political turbulences that might follow a real melting of cold war ice-caps.
2012 Daily Tel. 10 Jan. 19/1 Despite their near-constant summiteering, the two leaders seem no closer to accepting the reality of what is happening in the eurozone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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