swimmer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

swimmer
    n 1: a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he
         was an Olympic swimmer"
    2: a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is
       not a good swimmer" [syn: {swimmer}, {natator}, {bather}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Swimmer \Swim"mer\, n.
   1. One who swims.
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   2. (Far.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
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   3. (Zool.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores.
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   {Little swimmer} (Zool.), a phalarope.
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