Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An athlete who participates in a pentathlon.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In classical antiquity, a contestant in the pentathlon.
Wiktionary
- n. athletics An athlete who competes in the pentathlon
WordNet 3.0
- n. an athlete who competes in a pentathlon
Examples
“On this list, the bronze medal goes to Dolph Lundgren who makes his second appearance here as an East German Olympic gold medalist pentathlete who decides to defect to the West, where after a short uneventful time as a short-order cook he once again trains for the Olympics.”
“Spotlight will be on: U.S. pentathlete Sheila Taormina, 39, is the only woman to qualify for Olympic Games in three sports.”
“For teen pentathlete Isaksen, there's no time like the present”
For teen pentathlete Isaksen, there's no time like the present
“For teen pentathlete Isaksen, there's no time like the present - USATODAY. com”
For teen pentathlete Isaksen, there's no time like the present
“The women in his story are shown to be every bit as tough and competitive as their male counterparts; Hemingway and real-life pentathlete Donnelly deserve credit for not sugar-coating their characterizations in any way.”
“I'm a former pentathlete, so I'm in pretty good shape.”
“Drug testing wasn't begun in the Olympics until the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City; the first athlete to be disqualified was Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall — for using alcohol.”
USATODAY.com - Tackling longtime issue of drugs No. 2 on sports changes wish list
“Also at ESPN. com, your wife — an Olympic pentathlete herself — was a candidate in their World Sexiest Athletes vote a couple of years ago.”
USATODAY.com - Five sports, three countries pentathlete has it covered
“If you weren't a modern pentathlete, what Olympic sport would you be most interested?”
USATODAY.com - Five sports, three countries pentathlete has it covered
“It was team competition, so we'd have one pentathlete and a celebrity — the prince, actors, news reporters, models.”
USATODAY.com - Five sports, three countries pentathlete has it covered
Lists
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
hurdle, tempo, consortium, caption, mutual understanding, jury, radio, javelin, extra time, boxing, Lander, European and 521 more...
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quotato's Words
prospicience, appoggiatura, actually, thrum, nisus, univocal, eschatology, concupiscible, penury, psychedelic, vapid, braggadocio and 107 more...
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bilby Wow. I randomed pentathlon ten words ago.
But it really should have been five, for maximum effect. Should I complain? Nov 12, 2008