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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

The state government says shark nets are "not designed to create a total barrier between bathers and sharks" but rather aim to "intercept target sharks" during any hunts which bring them close to the shore.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

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

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