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bathers

British  
/ ˈbeɪðəz /

plural noun

  1. a swimming costume

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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With its spectacular white formations rounded by erosion, the so-called 'moon beach' has bathers packed tighter than an astronaut's suit during summertime.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Exquisite, also, is a grouping of several soft-paste-biscuit tabletop figurines—classical and idyllic scenes depicting lovers, children, goddesses and bathers, all designed by Boucher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

The subject — bathers — is as foundational to Modern art as it gets, conjuring Paul Cézanne.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

Plucky bathers took to the sea off Dorset, Devon and Norfolk as well as the Serpentine lake for the traditional Peter Pan Cup race in London's Hyde Park.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

Back at the lakefront, black bathers stormed from Twenty-Sixth Street to the Twenty-Ninth Street beach.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield