Moun`tain*eer" (?), n. [OF. montanier, LL. montanarius. See Mountain.]
1.
An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains.
2.
A rude, fierce person.
[Obs.]
No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer.
Milton.
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Moun`tain*eer", v. i.
To lie or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains.
You can't go mountaineering in a flat country.
H. James.
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