Definitions for sportsman

sportsman sports·man

Spelling: [spawrts-muh n, spohrts-]
IPA: /ˈspɔrts mən, ˈspoʊrts-/

Sportsman is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 548 anagrams from letters in sportsman (amnoprsst).

Definitions for sportsman

noun

  1. a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  2. a person who exhibits qualities especially esteemed in those who engage in sports, as fairness, courtesy, good temper, etc.

Origin of sportsman

First recorded in 1700-10; sports + -man

Examples for sportsman

The sportsman Channel was touting its upcoming new series, “Amazing America with Sarah Palin.”

He was by no means what is termed a sportsman, yet he was somewhat fond of shooting.

Then as Col was a sportsman, and had powder on board, I figured that we might be blown up.

I am both a sportsman and a sports fan and I have nothing but good wishes for the athletes coming to Sochi.

He wanted to be like Papa when he grew up—novelist, sportsman, womanizer, and legend in his own time.

But the sportsman knew that he had shot a deer, and a deer was all he saw.

Palin, the former reality star on TLC, is launching her new show in April on the sportsman Channel.

Assault rifles are light and accurate, but no sportsman is going to pour a barrage of hot lead into a deer.

These are small matters, perhaps, but your sportsman cannot be too accurate.

He was as a sportsman, for it would not do to rouse suspicion.

Word Value for sportsman
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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