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sportsman

[spawrts-muhn, spohrts-] / ˈspɔrts mən, ˈspoʊrts- /


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Others have sought compromise, like the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society, sponsor of the popular Bassmaster fishing tournaments, and Major League Fishing, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, with more than 200 annual events.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Other details about International Sportsman included that it allegedly featured “top named entertainment and sports personalities co-hosting with his wife of 22 years Candace Garvey.”

From Slate • May 29, 2024

The Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award went to tennis player Novak Djokovic for the fifth time, while Spain and Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati won the women's equivalent.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2024

India Barr, 38, swept the street near her Sportsman van on a recent morning in a commercial area of Chatsworth.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Impressed by George’s perseverance, and by his ability on the water, Aaron Pocock entered him in a professional race, the Sportsman Handicap, at Putney on the Thames, when he was seventeen.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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