SPORTER

Etymology

Noun

sporter (plural sporters)

Someone who sports something.

(firearms) A firearm suitable for sporting use.

(archaic) One who takes part in sport or games.

One who sports or plays with something; a trifler.

Anagrams

• Trosper, perrots, porrets, porters, presort, pretors, proters, reports, tropers

Source: Wiktionary


Sport"er, n.

Definition: One who sports; a sportsman. As this gentleman and I have been old fellow sporters, I have a frienship for him. Goldsmith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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