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Meanings of lifter in English

Catalan
aixecador de pesos

An athlete who lifts barbells.

aixecador de pesos

A thief who steals goods that are in a store.

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Examples for "weightlifter"
Examples for "weightlifter"
1
The first thing people say is you don't look like a weightlifter.
The Guardian
2
He became the first weightlifter to win Olympic titles eight years apart.
Reuters
3
Their opening ceremony flag bearer was the men's 105kg-plus weightlifter Chen Shih-chieh.
The Guardian
4
However, kilo for kilo, the lightest weightlifter is often the strongest.
Radio NZ
5
Yet in truth the overall effect was like putting lipstick on a weightlifter.
The Guardian
Usage of lifter in English
1
The power-lifter veins in his forehead bulged slightly as I annoyed him.
Monster Hunter Vendetta
2
A blackened gouge appeared in the steel hull of the lifter overhead.
Mech
3
If a link lifter or arm were broken, what should be done?
The Traveling Engineers' Association to Improve the Locomotive E...
4
Hope they all made it, said Dorman, calling in a rescue-lifter.
Mech
5
The nearest lifter wasn't far from the spot where his home had been.
The dark griffin
6
The lifter and the India-rubber man constitute the two mischievous extremes.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 / A Magazi...
7
He looked as though he would be a natural wrestler or weigh lifter.
For Honor We Stand
8
Then I operated my simple latch-lifter and pushed open the door.
Venus In Copper
9
Even as he spoke the lifter rose up and became airborne.
Mech
10
Two balls after a lengthy delay he gloved another lifter to short leg.
The South African
11
A weight lifter with a steadfast disposition and a designer wardrobe.
My horizontal life: a collection of one-night stands
12
A lifter went by stacked with cases of M-504 submachine guns.
Graveyard of Dreams
13
The kitchen door opened when I tried my own home latch-lifter.
The Silver Pigs
14
Hussain fell for a duck to a vile lifter from Pollock.
The Guardian
15
The jack was the bearer of bundles, a lifter, a puller, a worker.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 / Little J...
16
Instead of a stove lifter, he brandished a newspaper at Brearley.
American empire: blood and iron
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United States of America
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