athlete

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who is good at sports and competes in them.

   She is the first athlete in her sport to win a corporate sponsor.

From Middle English athlete, from Latin āthlēta (and probably also partly from Middle French athlete), from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ἀθλέω (athléō, “compete for a prize”), from ἆθλον (âthlon, “prize”) or ἆθλος (âthlos, “competition”).

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