sherpa
See also: Sherpa
WOTD – 15 February 2011
English
Etymology
From Sherpa. The verb derives from the noun.
Noun
sherpa (plural sherpas)
- A mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Sherpa people so employed.
- An expert sent by a country’s leader to a summit meeting.
- A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool, or fleece.
Translations
Sherpa employed as mountain guide
Verb
sherpa (third-person singular simple present sherpas, present participle sherpaing, simple past and past participle sherpaed)
Anagrams
- E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sharpe, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phaser, phrase, raphes, seraph, shaper, sharpe, shrape, sphear
Spanish
Noun
sherpa m, f (plural sherpas)
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.