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Webster 1913 Edition

Sportsman

Sports′man

(spōrts′man)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Sportsmen

(-men)

.

One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sportsman

SPORTSMAN

,

Noun.

[sport and man.]

1.

One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes and fowls.

2.

One skilled in the sports of the field.

Definition 2024

sportsman

sportsman

English

Noun

sportsman ‎(plural sportsmen)

(Britain) A man who engages in sports. A male athlete.
(dated) A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
  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

Related terms

sportswoman

Translations

male athlete

Arabic: رِيَاضِيّ m ‎(riyāḍiyy)
Egyptian Arabic: رياضي m ‎(reyaaḍi)
Armenian: սպորտսմեն (hy) ‎(sportsmen), մարզիկ (hy) ‎(marzik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 運動員 (zh), 运动员 (zh) ‎(yùndònɡyuán) (either gender)
Czech: sportovec (cs) m
Esperanto: sportisto
Finnish: urheilija (fi)
French: sportif (fr) m
Georgian: სპორტსმენი ‎(sṗorṭsmeni)
German: (männlicher) Sportler m
Greek: αθλητικός τύπος m ‎(athlitikós týpos), αθλητικός (el) m ‎(athlitikós), αθλητής (el) m ‎(athlitís)

Hebrew: סְפּוֹרְטַאי (he) ‎(sportái)
Hungarian: sportoló (hu)
Italian: sportivo (it) m
Japanese: スポーツマン ‎(supōtsuman), 運動選手 (ja) ‎(undō senshu), スポーツ選手 ‎(supōtsu senshu)
Korean: 운동선수 ‎(undongseonsu)
Latvian: sportists m, atlēts m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: idrettsmann m

Nynorsk: idrettsmann m
Portuguese: esportivo (pt) m
Russian: спортсме́н (ru) m ‎(sportsmén), атле́т (ru) m ‎(atlét)
Spanish: deportista (es) m
Turkish: sporcu (tr)
Uzbek: sportchi (uz)

man who engages in country sports

Finnish: erämies (fi)