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sportsperson

noun
/spɔɹtspɝsən/US/spɔːtspɜːsən/UK/spɔːspɜːsən/

Etymology

From sports + person.

  1. derived from 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 — “mask”
  2. derived from persōna — “mask used by actor; role, part, character”
  3. derived from parsone
  4. inherited from persoun
  5. compounded as sportsperson — “sports + person”

Definitions

  1. Someone who plays sport, regardless of gender.

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