Climber


[klahy-mer] /ˈklaɪ mər/

noun
1.
a person or thing that .
2.
a plant.
3.
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4.
a device to assist in , as a .
/ˈklaɪmə/
noun
1.
a person or thing that climbs
2.
a plant that lacks rigidity and grows upwards by twining, scrambling, or clinging with tendrils and suckers
3.
(mainly Brit) short for social climber
n.

early 15c., “one who climbs,” agent noun from climb (v.). Of plants, from 1630s.

noun

an ambitious person: not your average social climber (1833+)

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