sportsman
noun
sports·man
ˈspȯrts-mən 
1
: a person who engages in sports (such as hunting or fishing)
2
: a person who shows sportsmanship
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He was a keen sportsman all his life.
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Such sentiment is anathema to Australian sportsmen since, in their view, winning is everything.
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Darren Richman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Harrison, a passionate, if middling, fisherman who would later publish Legends of the Fall; Brautigan, the author of the celebrated 1967 novella Trout Fishing in America; and Guy de la Valdène, a French writer, sportsman, and Norman count.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Tennessee legislators passed a law earlier this year that will allow sportsmen to hunt whitetail deer using bait, only on private land.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
The sportsman sat down with the Emmy-winning journalist for a wide-ranging discussion about his life and career on Tamron Hall on Thursday, and midway through it Hall brought up the ex-Carolina Panthers quarterback's payment.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2025
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Darren Richman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Harrison, a passionate, if middling, fisherman who would later publish Legends of the Fall; Brautigan, the author of the celebrated 1967 novella Trout Fishing in America; and Guy de la Valdène, a French writer, sportsman, and Norman count.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Tennessee legislators passed a law earlier this year that will allow sportsmen to hunt whitetail deer using bait, only on private land.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
The sportsman sat down with the Emmy-winning journalist for a wide-ranging discussion about his life and career on Tamron Hall on Thursday, and midway through it Hall brought up the ex-Carolina Panthers quarterback's payment.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Sportsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sportsman. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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sportsman
noun
sports·man
ˈspō(ə)rt-smən
ˈspȯ(ə)rt-
1
: a person who engages in or is interested in sports and especially outdoor sports
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