sportsman C2 Topic:Animals US /ˈspɔrtsmən/ See IPA manual Freq #25431 Meanings 1 noun 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 [...]. 2 noun 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. 3 noun someone who engages in sports 4 noun A man who exhibits good sportsmanship, or who exhibits sportsmanship as specified (good or bad). Thesaurus Synonyms 3 noun · someone who engages in sports sport Word family Forms sportsmen Derived forms sportsmanlikesportsmanlysportsmanship Related forms sportswoman Etymology Possibly an altered form of Dutch Sportmans. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sportsman **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈspɔrtsmən/ **Frequency rank:** 25431 ## Meanings 1. A man who engages in sports; an athlete. 2. A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing. 3. someone who engages in sports 4. A man who exhibits good sportsmanship, or who exhibits sportsmanship as specified (good or bad). ## Examples - On the contrary, the difference between the worse male and female sportsmen was 54 ms. Among the male sportsmen [...]. Among the female sportsmen [...]. - 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 Forms - sportsmanlike - sportsmanly - sportsmanship ## Related Forms - sportswoman ## Etymology Possibly an altered form of Dutch Sportmans. ## Topics - Animals markdown