Definition

Noun: 1. A person who climbs or ascends something, especially on foot: This meaning refers to someone who goes upward, typically by walking or climbing. 2. A skilled worker who mounts things: This refers to a professional who attaches, frames, or sets objects (such as pictures, photographs, jewels, or specimens) onto a backing or into a setting.

Examples

• Noun (Person who ascends):
  • The experienced mounter scaled the cliff face with ease.
  • She was the first mounter to reach the summit that day.
• Noun (Skilled worker):
  • The mounter carefully placed the diamond into its new setting.
  • Take the painting to the framer, who is also an excellent mounter of canvases.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in specific professional or hobbyist contexts (e.g., gemology, photography, taxidermy, art framing) to denote a specialist.
• In the context of climbing, it can have a somewhat formal or literary tone.

Variants and Related Words

• Mount (verb): To go up; to climb; to get up on something (e.g., a horse, a platform). To fix or attach something in position for use or display.
• Mounting (noun): The action of climbing or ascending. A backing, setting, or support on which something is placed for display.

Synonyms

• For a person who ascends: climber, ascender.
• For a skilled worker: setter, framer, installer.

Related Phrases

• To mount up: To increase in amount or intensity.
  • The costs began to mount up as the project continued.
• To mount an attack/campaign/effort: To organize and begin a significant action.
  • The army prepared to mount a defense.

Noun

1. someone who ascends on foot
   • a solitary mounter of the staircase
2. a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.