sportsman
nounEtymology
Possibly an altered form of Dutch Sportmans.
- derived from Sportmans
Definitions
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.
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.
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).
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A surname from Dutch.
The neighborhood
- neighborsportswoman
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sportsman. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA