surfer

nounattested in dialogue

//ˈsɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)//

A person who rides a surfboard.

noun

1
A person who rides a surfboard.
When the surfer has passed the point where the waves are breaking, and is among the waves which are known as “greenbacks”, he may either dive through them or float over them, […]
A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic.
2
A person who surfs the Internet.
3
obsoleteA duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English suffe? English suff? English surf Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English surfer From surf + -er.

Forms

plural: surfers

surf · Waves that break on an ocean shoreline.surface · The external boundary of an object or body.Surface · A surname.

surfer · A person who rides a surfboard.

surfing · The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.surge · A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.surgeon · One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on…

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.