Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mountainer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: moun-tain-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who lives in a mountainous area.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] in the Countrey of Attica there were as many factions as there were diuerse sorts of the territorie: for the Mountainers were Democraticall; those of the champion countrey, Oligarchical; and they that dwelt neer the sea, desired a middle kind of gouernement […]"
"He also sent Embassadors to the Mountainers of the Pyrenes, & to the Gaules, to obtaine a quiet passage:"
"Vossius […] makes the highest MOUNTAIN there not to exceed Ten Furlongs; Which, saith Vossius, it is scarce possible for any one to reach, unless he be a Mountainer born; any other will scarce be able to ascend above Six Furlongs perpendicular;"

Etymology

From mountain + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mountain

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

mountainers (plural)

Synonyms

highlander mountaineer

Questions

What does mountainer mean?: A person who lives in a mountainous area.
Where does mountainer come from?: From mountain + -er.

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