ski patroller

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English

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Etymology

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From ski patrol +‎ -er.

Noun

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ski patroller (plural ski patrollers)

  1. A person who works as a member of a ski patrol.
    • 2006, Alecia T. Devantier, Carol A. Turkington, Extraordinary Jobs for Adventurers, →ISBN, page 108:
      As a ski patroller, your duties may include watching out for avalanches, maintaining trails, and keeping track of weather data. Unfortunately, the biggest part of a ski patrollers' job is to take care of injuries that occur on the slopes.
    • 2011, Robert Oliver, In the white room - chasing Hokkaido powder, →ISBN, page 78:
      On one particular run we decided to head back to the original area we found, Geoff set off and at that point Jarv noticed a ski patroller about to get off the chairlift and warned Burf and me to wait.
    • 2013, Blue Griffiths, Radiance: In the Business of Miracles, →ISBN:
      The camera angle changed as the videographer slid closer across the slope until the ski patroller trying to calm Ali was filling the frame.