climber

climber
    n 1: a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or
         over other plants
    2: someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior
       [syn: {social climber}, {climber}]
    3: someone who ascends on foot; "a solitary mounter of the
       staircase" [syn: {mounter}, {climber}]
    4: someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs
       mountains; "the lead climber looked strong still but his
       partner often slumped in his ropes"
    5: an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice
       when walking or climbing [syn: {crampon}, {crampoon},
       {climbing iron}, {climber}]
    

Climber \Climb"er\, n.
   One who, or that which, climbs:
   (a) (Bot.) A plant that climbs.
   (b) (Zool.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot.
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Climber \Climb"er\, v. i. [From {Climb}; cf. {Clamber}.]
   To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber. [Obs.] --Tusser.
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103 Moby Thesaurus words for "climber":
      adventurer, algae, alpinist, ascender, astronaut, autophyte, bean,
      bracken, brown algae, camper, comers and goers, commuter, conferva,
      confervoid, cosmopolite, cragsman, creeper, cruiser, diatom,
      excursionist, explorer, fare, fern, fruits and vegetables, fucus,
      fungus, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer, grapevine, green algae,
      gulfweed, hajji, herb, heterophyte, ivy, jet set, jet-setter,
      journeyer, kelp, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort, mariner,
      mold, moss, mountaineer, mushroom, palmer, parasite,
      parasitic plant, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, pea, perthophyte,
      phytoplankton, pilgrim, pioneer, planktonic algae, plant families,
      puffball, pulse, red algae, rockweed, rubberneck, rubbernecker,
      rust, sailor, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, sea lentil,
      sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, sightseer, smut, straphanger,
      succulent, toadstool, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker,
      transient, traveler, trekker, tripper, upclimber, vetch, viator,
      vine, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer,
      world-traveler, wort, wrack