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pentathlete|pɛnˈtæθliːt|
[ad. Gr. πενταθλητής, f. πένταθλον: see next.]
a. An athlete who contended in the pentathlon.
1828E. H. Barker Parriana I. 522 note, Between Porson and Parr..the difference was as great as between..a pugilist and a pentathlete. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets iii. (1877) 87 You give all kinds of honours..to runners, boxers, pentathletes, &c.
b. A competitor in a modern pentathlon (see next). Hence pentathˈletical a.
1968Guardian 19 Mar. 16/6 Athletes, pentathletes and weightlifters had taken advantage of grants..for altitude training. 1973Country Life 10 May 1296/3 The heartening recruitment of pentathletes from the pony club. 1975Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Dec. 1487/1 These figures [of Burne-Jones] are almost always pentathletical types: imposingly tall, long in the thigh, slim and gradual of hip, and very firmly fleshed. 1976Field 26 Aug. 426/3 In saluting the modern pentathletes on 29 July for their Olympic victory, I remarked the difficulties of a team dividing a single solid prize. |