sekitori

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 関取.

Noun

sekitori (plural sekitori or sekitoris)

  1. (sumo) A rikishi, of rank juryo and above, who draws a salary.
    • 1977, Larry Winderbaum, “Sekitori”, in The Martial Arts Encyclopedia, Washington, D.C.: INSCAPE, →ISBN, page 143, column 1:
      Sekitoris wrestle every one of the 15 days of a basho.
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