A variant or related term for a person involved in alpine activities, though this spelling is less common than 'alpinist.'
An alternate or archaic spelling of 'alpinist,' formed similarly from 'alp' (a high mountain) plus '-ist' suffix, but this form appears rarely in modern usage.
Language changes over time, and 'alpist' shows how English speakers sometimes created competing versions of the same word before standards settled on 'alpinist' as the preferred form.
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