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medallist

(ˈmɛdəlɪst) or

medalist

1. a designer, maker, or collector of medals

2. (General Sporting Terms) chiefly sport a winner or recipient of a medal or medals

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Noun	1.	medallist - someone who has won a medal medalist winner, victor - the contestant who wins the contest
	2.	medallist - (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament medal winner, medalist golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes golf player, golfer, linksman - someone who plays the game of golf

Translations

صانِع الأوْسِمَه

držitel medaile

medaljevinder

medallista

médaillé

éremtulajdonosérmes

verîlaunahafi

vincitore di medaglia

medaljevinner

držiteľ medaily

madalya kazanan kimse

奖章获得者

medallist

medalist (US) [ˈmedəlɪst] N → medallista mf
Olympic medallist → medallista mf olímpico/a
bronze/silver/gold medallist → medalla mf de bronce/plata/oro

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

medallist

[ˈmɛd^əlɪst] (British) medalist (US) n → médaillé(e) m/f gold medallistmedal-winner [ˈmɛd^əlwɪnə^r] n → médaillé(e) m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

medallist

, (US) medalist

n → Medaillengewinner(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

medallist

medalist (Am) [ˈmɛd/əlɪst] n (Sport) to be a gold/silver medallist → essere medaglia d'oro/d'argento

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

medal

(ˈmedl) noun

a piece of metal with a design, inscription etc stamped on it, given as a reward for bravery, long service, excellence etc, or made to celebrate a special occasion. He won a medal in the War.

ˈmedallist , (American) ˈmedalist noun

a person who has won a medal in a competition etc.

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