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MEDALIST: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  'meduust

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  (golf) the winner at medal play of a golf tournament
  2. [n]  someone who has won a medal
 
 Synonyms: medal winner, medallist
 
 See Also: golf player, golfer, linksman, victor, winner

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Med"al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]dailliste, It.
medaglista.] [Written also {medallist}.]
1. A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector
   of medals. --Addison.
2. A designer of medals. --Macaulay.
3. One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit.
 

 

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