(UK) A man who engages in sports; an athlete.
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(dated) A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.
2008, Atko Viru, Adaptation in Sports Training, Informa Healthcare USA, New York, p. 227 (Chapter 9: Gender Differences in Training Effects, sub-chapter Metabolic Capacities in male and female Athletes):
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A man who exhibits good sportsmanship, or who exhibits sportsmanship as specified (good or bad).
: In both cases the female sportsmen were Nordic skiers.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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