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Definition of Sportsman
1. Noun. Someone who engages in sports.
Definition of Sportsman
1. n. One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes, etc.
Definition of Sportsman
1. Noun. A man who engages in sports. A male athlete. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sportsman
1. [n SPORTSMEN]
Medical Definition of Sportsman
1. One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sportsman
Literary usage of Sportsman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Sport, sportsman. Beside their legitimate use, illustrated in quotations, 1802,
... [1802 His debut is perhaps intended to shew us that he is a sportsman, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"The life the sportsman-artist took, The artist-sportsman could restore ; As true
and warm in every look, And far more lasting than before ! " LXXXVII. ..."
3. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1846)
"If he is a Sybarite, he places a stool at the bottom of the hole to sit upon, if
he is a zealous sportsman, he simply kneels down. ..."
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