"mezzofondista" meaning in Italian

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      "expansion": "mezzofondo + -ista",
      "name": "af"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mezzofondo + -ista.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mezzofondisti",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezzofondiste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "mfbysense"
      },
      "expansion": "mezzofondista m or f by sense (masculine plural mezzofondisti, feminine plural mezzofondiste)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mez‧zo‧fon‧dì‧sta"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian terms suffixed with -ista",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Athletes",
          "orig": "it:Athletes",
          "parents": [
            "Occupations",
            "Sports",
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human activity",
            "Human",
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Athletics",
          "orig": "it:Athletics",
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            "Human activity",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "middle-distance runner"
      ],
      "id": "en-mezzofondista-it-noun-40Rujxev",
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        [
          "athletics",
          "athletics"
        ],
        [
          "middle-distance runner",
          "middle-distance runner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(athletics) middle-distance runner"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "athletics",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmɛd.d͡zo.fonˈdi.sta/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ista"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mezzofondista"
}

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mezzofondo + -ista.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mezzofondisti",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezzofondiste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "mfbysense"
      },
      "expansion": "mezzofondista m or f by sense (masculine plural mezzofondisti, feminine plural mezzofondiste)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mez‧zo‧fon‧dì‧sta"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "it:Athletes",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "middle-distance runner"
      ],
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          "middle-distance runner",
          "middle-distance runner"
        ]
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        "(athletics) middle-distance runner"
      ],
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        "athletics",
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        "sports"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmɛd.d͡zo.fonˈdi.sta/"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "mezzofondista"
}