sherpa

From Sherpa. The verb derives from the noun.

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sherpa (plural sherpas)

1. A mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Sherpa people so employed.
2. An expert sent by a country’s leader to a summit meeting.
3. A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool, or fleece.

• advance person, emissary

sherpa (third-person singular simple present sherpas, present participle sherpaing, simple past and past participle sherpaed)

1. (rare) To serve as a guide or porter for another.

• E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sharpe, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phaser, phrase, raphes, seraph, shaper, sharpe, shrape, sphear

sherpa m or f (plural sherpas)

1. sherpa
2. Sherpa