"medalist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛdəlɪst/ Forms: medalists [plural]
Etymology: From medal + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|medal|ist}} medal + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} medalist (plural medalists)
  1. An engraver, designer or maker of medals. Tags: US Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-medalist-en-noun-CuveNWQI Disambiguation of People: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 78 22
  2. Someone who has received a medal. Tags: US Translations (one who has received a medal): medayista [feminine, masculine] (Asturian), medalçı (Azerbaijani), medallista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 獎章獲得者 (Chinese Mandarin), 奖章获得者 (jiǎngzhāng huòdézhě) (Chinese Mandarin), medailista [masculine] (Czech), mitalisti (Finnish), médaillé [masculine] (French), médaillée [feminine] (French), Medaillengewinner [masculine] (German), Medaillengewinnerin [feminine] (German), メダリスト (medarisuto) (Japanese), 메달리스트 (medalliseuteu) (Korean), medalista [masculine] (Polish), medalistka [feminine] (Polish), medalhista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), медали́ст (medalíst) [masculine] (Russian), медали́стка (medalístka) [feminine] (Russian), medallista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), medaljör [common-gender] (Swedish), madalyalı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-medalist-en-noun-q1l1UgVE Disambiguation of 'one who has received a medal': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: medallist [UK] Derived forms: bronze medalist, gold medalist, silver medalist

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