sportsman
noun
- person who participates regularly in a sport
Wiktionary
name
Etymology: Possibly an altered form of Dutch Sportmans.
- A surname from Dutch.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Anglo-Norman des- Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Anglo-Norman porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English sports Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English sportsman From sports + -man.
- A man who engages in sports; an athlete.
“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.”
- A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.
“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.”
- A man who exhibits good sportsmanship, or who exhibits sportsmanship as specified (good or bad).