backstroker
nounEtymology From backstroke + -er.
1
A swimmer who uses the style backstroke.
- I swam differently from the other backstrokers," he says. "1998 August 28, Ted Kleine, “Pool Hustler”, in Chicago Reader:
- Matt Grevers was struggling to keep his head above water in a deep pool of backstrokers when a coach from the Netherlands offered him a preserver.2008 July 13, Karen Crouse, “Wooed by Netherlands, a Swimmer Stays for the Challenge”, in New York Times: