cliffsmann.
/ˈklɪfsmən/, U.S. /ˈklɪfsmən/ A person (esp. a man) who climbs cliffs, esp. as a sport or pastime.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > mountaineer or climber
rock climber1767
rockman1798
cragsman1816
cliffsman1829
mountaineer1860
Alpestrian1861
alpinist1861
cliffer1861
glissader1861
ascensionist1863
alpenstocker1864
shin-scraper1869
hillmana1885
second1907
Munro-bagger1910
summiteer1926
middleman1968
rock jock1980
free soloist1984
1829 J. Skene Series of Sketches of Existing Localities Alluded to in Waverley Novels. ix. 24 Access..is only to be achieved by a very good and determined cliffsman.
1863 C. A. Johns Home Walks 58 The rambling cliffsman..reaches at last a sudden re-entering angle in the cliff.
1903 Good Words Dec. 357/1 When the suspended cliffsman wishes to reascend, he shakes this second rope as a signal.
1969 A. A. MacGregor Farthest Hebrides vii. 146 MacQueen was the most celebrated cliffsman of his day.
1997 J. Feehan in J. W. Foster & H. C. G. Chesney Nature in Ireland xxv. 583 The cliffsmen of Aran quartered the cliffs for the eggs of nesting sea-birds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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