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Sportsman - What does it mean?

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sportsman

Noun

(sportsmen)
  • (UK) A man who engages in sports. A male athlete.
  • (dated) A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.
  • * 1851 ,
  • 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.

    Derived terms

    * sportsmanlike * sportsman's bet * sportsmanship

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.