backstroker

English

Etymology

From backstroke +‎ -er.

Noun

backstroker (plural backstrokers)

  1. A swimmer who uses the style backstroke.
    • 1998 August 28, Ted Kleine, “Pool Hustler”, in Chicago Reader‎[1]:
      I swam differently from the other backstrokers," he says. "
    • 2008 July 13, Karen Crouse, “Wooed by Netherlands, a Swimmer Stays for the Challenge”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      Matt Grevers was struggling to keep his head above water in a deep pool of backstrokers when a coach from the Netherlands offered him a preserver.

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