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sportsman Definition

sports·man (-mən)

noun pl. -·men-mən

  1. a man who is interested in or takes part in sports, esp. in hunting, fishing, etc.
  2. a person who can take loss or defeat without complaint, or victory without gloating, and who treats his opponents with fairness, generosity, courtesy, etc.

sportsman Related Forms
sports′·man·like′ adjective or sports′·manly
sportsman Synonyms

sportsman

n.

huntsman, big game hunter, woodsman; see fisherman, hunter 1.

sportsman Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: Although I wouldn't like to become a professional sportsman, there's a link with my interest in becoming a physiotherapist.
  • know: He came to Creswell at the age of four, and as a younger man was a well known local sportsman.
  • produce: Loughborough University is world renowned and has produced countless world class sportsmen and women in virtually every sport.
  • help: The NovaKur Special Joint Gel can also help sportsmen and sportswomen to calm and revitalize tired and strained joints.
  • include: The replacement was a form of " no fault " insurance applying to all categories of claimants, including sportsmen.
  • provide: The HAC4 has a total of 57 functions and provides sportsmen and sportswomen with vital information to add to their sporting experiences.

Adjective modifier

  • all-round: Weren't you a bit of an all-round sportsman at school?
  • keen: Chris Chris, a keen sportsman, collided with a tree whilst snow boarding.
  • injured: Personal Injury Apportioning Blame 29 October 2004 Who can an injured sportsman sue?
  • talented: He has been regularly forgiven by his coaches, by his teachers and by his team-mates, as talented sportsmen so often are.
  • elite: Founded in 1873, it is made up of the elite sportsmen in College.
  • gifted: Jacob Shaw JACOB Shaw is a gifted sportsman who excels at table tennis.

Noun used with modifier

  • round: Terry opened the batting for his house, and being a good all round sportsmen was expected to achieve a good score.
  • country: Or for the country sportsman - some local loch or sea fishing perhaps.
  • class: A first class sportsman, he likes to have a good time, especially with the ladies!

Possessives

  • paradise: A sportsmen's paradise combine to make in the united are expecting more.
  • dinner: Afterward I fielded questions. It was like a sportsman's dinner.

Possessives

  • country: UK Sport invests approximately £ 25 million of Lottery funding each year in the country's top sportsmen and women.

Preposition: in

  • world: At that time he was, aged 78, the oldest active professional sportsman in the world.

Preposition: of

  • year: The winners were: Sportsman of the Year: Andrew Hamilton ( Karate ).
sportsman Quotes

But he was never, well, What I call A Sportsman: For forty days He went out into the desert öAnd never shot anything.

—Sitwell, Sir (Francis) Osbert

Nosportsmanwantstokill a foxor thepheasant as Iwant to kill him when I see him doing it.

—Shaw, George Bernard

A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to go out and kill something. Not that he's cruel. He wouldn't hurt a fly. It's not big enough.

—Leacock, Stephen Butler