sportsmanlike

Variant of sportsman

sportsman definition

sports·man (-mən)

noun pl. sportsmen -·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.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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