Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who participates in parkour.
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- noun A practitioner of
parkour .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Yet I gather that, in my own sedentary way, I am what is called a traceur - a practitioner of parkour, i.e., the French art of movement.
unknown title 2009
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With all kinds of handrails, ledges, short roofs, stone walls and various things to climb on and jump off of, a "traceur" could easily find endless ways to pass the time in the city.
News webmaster@mountainx.com 2010
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"Parkour is if you're going to get one from one point to the other, in the quickest way possible," sophomore building sciences major and free runner or "traceur" Ryan D.
The Appalachian 2009
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Very cool, I'm a traceur and really appreciate new work like this :
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As an artist and a traceur, I highly approve of this!
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Wow, as an traceur and an artist myself I really liked this one.
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"Those early guys were just listening to their inner-child," says Draza Lakovic, a traceur in Belgrade.
Bound for Glory: Parkour Goes From Urban Oddity to Fitness Fad 2009
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At one such demonstration, at Waterloo Place in London last August, a large crowd gathered as heavy bass music blasted from loudspeakers and watched a traceur quickly scale the pedestal of the Duke of York's Column.
Bound for Glory: Parkour Goes From Urban Oddity to Fitness Fad 2009
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"Spectators see a traceur making a run, doing it smoothly going over walls and balancing on railings," he says.
Bound for Glory: Parkour Goes From Urban Oddity to Fitness Fad 2009
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Cyril Raffaelli, a traceur, fight choreographer, martial artist and stuntman Section B 13, Transporter, Transporter 2 used his own short film “Mukiai” as a demo that helped get him work in big films like the summer blockbuster
Long Live The Fan Film AKA Dartflix Edition # 19 Dart Adams 2007
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"Three years ago, Toorock, 38, opened Primal Fitness, a gym in Washington, D.C., where he trains men and women of all ages to become parkour pros during 6-week-long 'boot camps.' He also runs xxxxxxxxxxx.com, a national meetinghouse for traceurs and traceuses."
- Joshua Rhett Miller, Parkour Craze Growing Among Thrill-Seekers in U.S., foxnews.com, 18 June 2009.
June 22, 2009