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  • noun Agent noun of parasail; one who parasails.

Etymologies

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parasail + -or

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Examples

  • An agents will ask if he is he a rock climber, a hang glider, a parasailor, a parachutist, etc.

    Nobel Prize-Winner Makes Intermediate Error, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • He saluted that faraway parasailor, then stepped off the porch, headed for Candy, come what may.

    One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze 2007

  • We ate one meal down on the waterfront, and as we ate, we watched the ferried zip back and forth, and sailboats go by, and a parasailor thing, and then we saw Mt. Rainier, and then a full moon came up!

    readersguide Diary Entry readersguide 2003

  • FRAZIER: And from the pictures we're looking at of the crown now and the torch, you can see that not only is the aerialist or parasailor or paraglider down off the balcony, which is composed of the ring of the torch, but so is equipment.

    CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2001 2001

  • It has been the target of a power glider or parasailor.

    CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2001 2001

  • That is indeed the Statue of Liberty, and as we understand, the parasailor with the motor attached was trying to sail off of the Statue of Liberty, and as you can tell, the stunt did not go well.

    CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2001 2001

  • And the parasailor is stuck up on the arm of the Statue of Liberty.

    CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2001 2001

  • A parasailor who, as we understand, had an original plan to parasail with this motorized parasail to New Jersey to the Statue of Liberty and then we heard wanted to bungee off of the Statue of Liberty.

    CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2001 2001

  • FRAZIER: And with that and what we think is the safe rescue of the parasailor, we're going to break away from the story now, and we'll take a break, too.

    CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2001 2001

  • FRAZIER: Well, with these pictures we're looking at now, as you talk to us Lauren, you can see the propulsion, a large fan-shaped propeller, in a frame behind the glider himself with the parasailor.

    CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2001 2001

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