sportsman

Definition

A man who engages in sports; an athlete.

Etymology

From sports + -man.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "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."

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