sportsman

noun

Etymology

Possibly an altered form of Dutch Sportmans.

  1. derived from Sportmans

Definitions

  1. A man who engages in sports

    A man who engages in sports; an athlete.

    • On the contrary, the difference between the worse male and female sportsmen was 54 ms. Among the male sportsmen [...]. Among the female sportsmen [...]
    • In both cases the female sportsmen were Nordic skiers.
  2. A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.

    • At last extinguishing the fire, he took the idol up very unceremoniously, and bagged it again in his grego pocket as carelessly as if he were a sportsman bagging a dead woodcock.
  3. A man who exhibits good sportsmanship, or who exhibits sportsmanship as specified (good…

    A man who exhibits good sportsmanship, or who exhibits sportsmanship as specified (good or bad).

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A surname from Dutch.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA