"bather" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbeɪðə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bather.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bather.wav [US] Forms: bathers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪðə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree English bathe Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bather From bathe + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bathe|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English bathe Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bather [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bather", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="bather"> From bathe + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bather (plural bathers)
  1. One who bathes (cleans oneself with water, for example in a bathtub). Translations (one who bathes): kylpijä (Finnish), baigneur [masculine] (French), baigneuse [feminine] (French) Translations (one who bathes or swims (translations to be checked)): bañista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), nadador [masculine] (Galician), nadadora [feminine] (Galician), Badender [masculine] (German), Badende [feminine] (German), Schwimmer [masculine] (German), Schwimmerin [feminine] (German), Nacktbader (english: nude) [masculine] (German), Nacktbaderin (english: nude) [feminine] (German), natator [masculine] (Latin), natatrix [feminine] (Latin), nans (Latin), natans (Latin), banhista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), купа́льщик (kupálʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), купа́льщица (kupálʹščica) [feminine] (Russian), bañador [masculine] (Spanish), bañadora [feminine] (Spanish), bañista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), badare [common-gender] (Swedish), simmare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bather-en-noun-ReR6Xrtc Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 33 31 37 0 0 Disambiguation of 'one who bathes': 51 16 20 0 13 Disambiguation of 'one who bathes or swims (translations to be checked)': 40 25 23 0 12
  2. One who immerses oneself in water for pleasure or refreshment: one who swims (for example at a lake or beach).
    Sense id: en-bather-en-noun-Atqf37pt Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 33 31 37 0 0
  3. One who gives a bath to another.
    Sense id: en-bather-en-noun-FpEA9T5N Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 33 31 37 0 0
  4. A sunbather
    Sense id: en-bather-en-noun-VqM8U90W
  5. A bathing costume
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      "sense": "one who bathes or swims (translations to be checked)",
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