skater

Etymology

skate + -er.

noun

  1. A person who skates.
  2. A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.
  3. (ice hockey) A player who is not a goaltender.
  4. Any of numerous hemipterous insects in the family Gerridae, which run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.

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