sportsman

noun

sports·​man ˈspȯrts-mən How to pronounce sportsman (audio)
1
: a person who engages in sports (such as hunting or fishing)
2
: a person who shows sportsmanship
sportsmanlike adjective
sportsmanly adjective

Examples of sportsman in a Sentence

He was a keen sportsman all his life.
Recent Examples on the Web The sportsman needed nine points to hit the milestone at the start of Saturday's game, which saw the Nuggets beat the Lakers 124-114. Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024 Read Next: Hunters and Anglers Speak Out Against Proposed Industrial Road Through Alaska’s Famed Brooks Range Negative impacts to caribou herds are just one of several red flags being raised by sportsmen and women who oppose the Ambler Road. Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 22 Feb. 2024 Enjoy a dramatic presentation about educator Mary McCloud Bethune, scientist George Washington Carver, sportsman Jackie Robinson, and musician Marian Anderson. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 30 Jan. 2024 But exercising their right to fish generated massive protests from non-Native, predominantly white sportsmen who threw rocks at tribal officials and displayed signs with unabashedly racist slogans. Lev Facher, STAT, 16 Nov. 2023 Shashi Tharoor, [actors] Rajinikanth, Mohanlal, Mammootty and [former sportsmen and current sports pundits] Ravi Shastri and Sunil Gavaskar have already liked the film and conveyed their good luck to the film. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Nov. 2023 Earlier this week, sources told PEOPLE that the sportsman was making time in his schedule to attend Swift's tour in Argentina. Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023 An avid sportsman, William also took time for dragon boating, a popular local sport. Eileen Ng, Fortune Europe, 6 Nov. 2023 The sportsman awards went to players who spell their first names slightly different but pronounce them the same, Aranza Luna of Coronado and Arantza Hernandez of Mater Dei. Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of sportsman was in 1651

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“Sportsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sportsman. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

sportsman

noun
sports·​man ˈspō(ə)rt-smən How to pronounce sportsman (audio)
ˈspȯ(ə)rt-
1
: a person who engages in or is interested in sports and especially outdoor sports
2
sportsmanlike adjective
sportsmanly adjective
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