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  • noun Plural form of traceur.

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  • In recent years parkour practitioners - the men are called traceurs, women traceuses - have helped enliven several old-school action entertainments, including the first film in the rebooted James Bond series and the last installment in the

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Practitioners are known as traceurs, from the French word meaning to draw, trace, or go fast.

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines 2010

  • Parkour practitioners are also known as traceurs (for women it's traceuses), which is a French parkour term.

    unknown title 2009

  • Practitioners of parkour - known as traceurs - practice manipulating their movement to make the most efficient gains in distance and most effective means of enduring obstacles.

    The St. Petersburg Times 2009

  • Its practitioners, called traceurs, aim to move from one point to another with maximum efficiency, coincidentally exhibiting extraordinary grace and transforming otherwise static city terrain into a mobile gymnasium.

    Canadian Art - Online 2009

  • Practitioners of parkour - known as traceurs - practice manipulating their movement to make the most efficient gains in distance and most effective means of enduring obstacles.

    The St. Petersburg Times 2009

  • In fact, aficianados of the sport call themselves "traceurs," meaning something like "followers," in that they're following David Belle.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Walter Jon Williams 2007

  • In fact, aficianados of the sport call themselves "traceurs," meaning something like "followers," in that they're following David Belle.

    RunningJumpingDivingRollingClimbing Walter Jon Williams 2007

  • Advertisements from cars to shoes have also used parkour stunts, some hiring traceurs from Ez's Urban Freeflow, helping to promote the sport.

    Bound for Glory: Parkour Goes From Urban Oddity to Fitness Fad 2009

  • Urban Freeflow is a London-based network of traceurs and training academies.

    Bound for Glory: Parkour Goes From Urban Oddity to Fitness Fad 2009

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