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单词 canoeist
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canoeistn.

Brit. /kəˈnuːɪst/, U.S. /kəˈnuəst/
Forms: 1800s– canoeist, 1800s– canoist (now nonstandard), 1800s canoiste (denoting a woman: see note).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: canoe n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < canoe n. + -ist suffix. Compare earlier canoeman n. at canoe n. Compounds 2 and also canoer n.In the form canoiste (in quot. 1872, with reference to a woman) apparently after French feminine nouns ending in -e (although the French suffix corresponding to -ist suffix is -iste for both masculine and feminine formations); compare French canoéiste person (of any gender) who engages in canoeing as a sport or pastime (1887 or earlier), apparently after English canoeist n.
A person who paddles or uses a canoe, esp. a person who engages in canoeing as a sport or pastime. Cf. canoer n.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > paddler of canoe
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1866 J. Macgregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe i. 4 But, before this deliberate assertion has weight with intending ‘canoists’, it may well be asked from one who thus praises the paddle, ‘Has he travelled in other ways, so as to know their several pleasures?’
1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice I. ii. 30 The pretty canoiste can move silently along the river with unfatiguing strokes of the paddle.
1882 Harper's Mag. July 226/2 Captain Morrell was about to fire upon the canoeists, when one of them called, in good English, ‘Don't shoot, captain.’
1962 B.S.I. News May 9/2 Buoyancy garments are being used in increasing numbers by yachtsmen, canoeists and other ‘weekend’ sailors.
2007 Canad. Geographic Mar. 31/1 I do not pretend to be an expert canoeist. I do not know the difference between flatwater paddles and whitewater paddles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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