"discus thrower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: discus throwers [plural]
Etymology: discus throw + -er or discus + thrower Etymology templates: {{suf|en|discus throw|er|id2=occupation}} discus throw + -er, {{af|en|discus|thrower}} discus + thrower Head templates: {{en-noun}} discus thrower (plural discus throwers)
  1. (athletics) An athlete who takes part in the discus throw. Categories (topical): Athletes, Athletics, People Translations (athlete): diskař [masculine] (Czech), kiekonheittäjä (Finnish), lanceur de disque [masculine] (French), lanceuse de disque [feminine] (French), Diskuswerfer [masculine] (German), Diskuswerferin [feminine] (German), δισκοβόλος (diskovólos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), diszkoszvető (Hungarian), discobolo [masculine] (Italian), discobola [feminine] (Italian), diskoskaster [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), diskoskastar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dyskobol [masculine] (Polish), dyskobolka [feminine] (Polish), aruncător de disc [masculine] (Romanian), aruncătoare de disc [feminine] (Romanian), discobol [masculine] (Romanian), discobolă [feminine] (Romanian), мета́тель ди́ска (metátelʹ díska) [masculine] (Russian), дискобо́л (diskoból) [masculine] (Russian), diskuskastare [common-gender] (Swedish), diskudijedan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), diskudihijedan [masculine] (Volapük), diskudijijedan [feminine] (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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