medalist Definition
med·al·ist (med′'l ist)
noun
- a person who designs or makes medals
- a person who has been awarded a medal
- Golf the low scorer in a qualifying round of medal play preliminary to a match play tournament
medalist Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: We have also had club representatives at the English Schools track and field finals for the past thirteen years including six medalists.
- become: Keep your expectations realistic - most kids don't become Olympic medalists.
Adjective modifier
- Olympic: From Olympic gold medalists to world record breakers, the South African swim team is a force to be reckoned with.
- silver: Jeremy Smyth and Lynda Low, both silver medalists in 2001, took fourth and fifth in the 2003 javelin and hammer events respectively.
- double: The latest being the Tommy Hilfiger entry with another top Tornado helm, Randy Smyth, a double silver medalist.
- British: The first part of this deal is our new Olympic Gold range of 7 British Olympic gold medalists.
- gold: I think they try to concentrate on the gold medalist ( regardless of country ) to get their reaction.
- former: David Hemery, the former Olympic gold medalist and a master of the mental game, has a technique for dealing with this.
Noun used with modifier
- bronze: Mitch Prince will now face England's Nathan Brough, a former World junior bronze medalist, in the next round on Wednesday night.
- gold: From Olympic gold medalists to world record breakers, the South African swim team is a force to be reckoned with.
- silver: Notice that at the ceremony for Shaun White, the American silver medalist was pretty much ignored.
Browse dictionary entries near medalist
- ‹ medal play
- ‹ Medal of Honor
- ‹ Medal of Freedom
- ‹ Medal for Merit
- ‹ medal
- ‹ medaillon
- ‹ med
- ‹ mecopteran
- ‹ meconium
- ‹ meclizine

