"bather" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbeɪðə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bather.wav [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bather.wav [US] Forms: bathers [plural]
Etymology: bathe + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bathe|er|id2=agent noun}} 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 Disambiguation of 'one who bathes': 47 16 17 6 14 Disambiguation of 'one who bathes or swims (translations to be checked)': 37 24 20 6 13
  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
  3. One who gives a bath to another.
    Sense id: en-bather-en-noun-FpEA9T5N
  4. A sunbather
    Sense id: en-bather-en-noun-VqM8U90W
  5. A bathing costume Categories (topical): Bathing, Swimwear
    Sense id: en-bather-en-noun-HzsANNUz Disambiguation of Bathing: 14 5 11 4 66 Disambiguation of Swimwear: 16 13 5 14 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 15 8 16 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 10 5 19 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 19 17 7 15 42

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      "sense": "one who bathes or swims (translations to be checked)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bañador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who bathes or swims (translations to be checked)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bañadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who bathes or swims (translations to be checked)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bañista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who bathes or swims (translations to be checked)",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "badare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who bathes or swims (translations to be checked)",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "simmare"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who bathes",
      "word": "kylpijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who bathes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baigneur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who bathes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baigneuse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bather"
}

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