parachutist

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parachutist

noun parachutists

  1. Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport. If any of the extreme sports can be considered truly high risk, then B.A.S.E. Jumping is that sport. […] Modern B.A.S.E. jumping is believed to have started in 1978, where daring parachutists first began jumping off of El Capitan, a 3,000 foot (915m) cliff high above Yosemite National Park.

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noun parachute user

Españolparacaidista
Portuguêsparaquedista
Françaisparachutiste
DeutschFallschirmspringer, Fallschirmspringerin
Italianoparacadutista
Ελληνικάαλεξιπτωτιστής alexiptotistís
Românăparașutist, parașutistă
Русскийпарашюти́ст parašutíst, парашюти́стка parašutístka
Tiếng Việtngười nhảy dù
العربيةمِظَلِّيّ miẓalliyy

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@misc{parachutist_2026,
  title = {parachutist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parachutist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}