scuba diver

noun

: one who swims underwater with the aid of scuba gear
scuba dive intransitive verb

Examples of scuba diver in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fishing was banned in the park in 1995, leading to an abundance of marine life, including sharks, and drawing scuba divers from around the world. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024 Soviet military boats and scuba divers secured the nautical zone. Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2023 Rosa came to the aquarium in 2002 after reports of her climbing on kayaks and interacting with scuba divers in Monterey Bay following a previous rescue in 1999, the aquarium said. Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 June 2024 The best moments, though, are when de Rham recounts her own interfaces with gravity—as a scuba diver, pilot, aspiring astronaut and theoretical physicist—giving this force an alluring personality. Tove Danovich, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for scuba diver 

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Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scuba diver was in 1958

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“Scuba diver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scuba%20diver. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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scuba diver

noun
: one who swims underwater with scuba gear
scuba dive verb

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