parachutist

Definition

Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport.

Etymology

From parachute + -ist.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "I waited and he came to the point: he wanted me simply to talk to a patient he had inherited, a sports parachutist who had Roman Candled into a tree and broken and disarticulated his back."
• "Some hit the rocky outcrops Some fell into the sea Some even 'Roman Candled' (A parachutist I would never be)"

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