13erとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

13er (複数形 13ers)

1. Alternative form of thirteener (“mountain with an elevation of at least 13,000 feet”).

   Coordinate terms: 12er, 14er

   • 2022 August 2, Joe LaFleur, “CT Series: Kokomo Pass area delivers on alpine expanses with bonus fall colors”, in Pikes Peak Courier‎^[1]:

     The bare and grassy Elk Mountain 12er stands to the north, contrasted by ragged 13ers to the east rising above Mayflower Gulch, an impressive lineup including Crystal, Atlantic and Pacific Peaks, Fletcher Mountain and Drift Peak.

2. Alternative form of thirteener (“Gen-Xer”).
   • 1991, William Strauss; Neil Howe, Generations, Quill, →ISBN, page 324:

     Yet the worst aspect of this “bust” nomer, and why 13ers resent it, is how it plants today's 25-year-olds squarely where they don't want to be: in the shadow of the “boom[.]”