Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who uses a parachute.

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  • noun someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute

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Examples

  • So actually, I guess parachutist is on the top of the list.

    The Tail Section » LOST - Who Can Ya Trust? 2007

  • The parachutist is the newest addition to this year's festival.

    Centredaily.com: Local 2010

  • According to another report from the UK Times, "The parachutist was a group of 32 adventurers who paid £17,000 each to jump from a plane around 1,000 feet above Everest's summit, freefalling past the summit at speeds of 180mph before opening their canopies and descending thousands of feet into the mountain's lower valleys.".

    The National Ledger - News 2008

  • Canadian parachutist badge, Honduran parachutist badge, West German silver marksmanship cord.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • BUT has lost his DD214, volunteers for all details, likes to wear white trousers and a NCO sword with his dress blues every chance he gets, and recently now wears the Combatant Divers badge, previously only wore the gold wings of a naval parachutist.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • Now we see a cannon-shaped hedge, a topiary aircraft and parachutist, and red flowers blooming like bombs or blood.

    Mankind's Variety In Candy Colors Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

  • He is however "P" qualified, parachutist/airborne.

    STATE REPRESENTATIVE 2010

  • A DD215 issued June 28 to correct the DD214 deletes the expert field medical badge, parachutist badge, Special Forces tab and the second award of the National Defense Service Medal from

    Richard Mcclanahan 2010

  • A DD215 issued June 28 to correct the DD214 deletes the expert field medical badge, parachutist badge, Special Forces tab and the second award of the National Defense Service Medal from

    Richard Mcclanahan 2010

  • Golf trips to Lahinch with the randy priest, the time he is on patrol with the local militia and they follow a cow around the mountainside all night thinking it is a Nazi parachutist.

    Motion of Souls: A Novel Excerpt James Claffey 2011

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