noun
Meaning 1
An athlete who competes in the hurdling event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hurdler
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noun
Meaning 2
an athlete who runs the hurdles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: athlete, jock
History
Etymology
From hurdle + -er.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: překážkář — athlete who competes in the hurdling event
- Finnish: aitajuoksija — athlete who competes in the hurdling event
- German: Hürdenläufer — athlete who competes in the hurdling event
- German: Hindernisläufer — athlete who competes in the hurdling event
- Hungarian: gátfutó — athlete who competes in the hurdling event
- Norwegian Bokmål: hekkeløper — athlete who competes in the hurdling event
- Polish: płotkarz — athlete who competes in the hurdling event
- Polish: płotkarka — athlete who competes in the hurdling event
- Romanian: hurdler — athlete who competes in the hurdling event
- Spanish: vallista — athlete who competes in the hurdling event
- Swedish: häcklöpare — athlete who competes in the hurdling event