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Definition of Amateurs
1. amateur [n] - See also: amateur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amateurs
Literary usage of Amateurs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The play brokers publish lists of the latest plays; consult the 'New York Dramatic
Mirror Date Book' and the Drama League 'Plays for amateurs' for a list of ..."
2. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg (1913)
"CHAPTER XXVI amateurs—AND OTHERS IN the seventies New York was interesting
musically, chiefly because of its amateurs. This sounds something like a paradox, ..."
3. Theatrical Management in the West and South for Thirty Years by Solomon Smith (1868)
"Committee on Authors and amateurs. As long ago as 1826 there was formed in Cin-
cinatti a " Committee on Authors and amateurs," consisting of Alexander ..."
4. Flying Machines: Construction and Operation; a Practical Book which Shows by William James Jackman, Thomas Herbert Russell, Octave Chanute (1912)
"amateurs MAY USE. WRIGHT PATENTS. Owing to the fact that the Wright brothers have
enjoined a number of professional aviators from using their system of ..."
5. Producing in Little Theaters by Clarence Stratton (1921)
"TWO HUNDRED PLAYS SUITABLE FOR amateurs NOTE The following list is merely suggestive,
... amateurs can produce this effectively. Constable and Co. ..."
6. Shakespeariana by Shakespeare society of New York (1885)
"amateurs IN LOVES LABOUR'S LOST. Calling upon Herman Vezin recently he invited
me to accompany him to St. George's Hall to see some amateurs act Love's ..."
7. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"It cannot be denied that the work of many amateurs is rendered far less valuable
than it would otherwise be by its approximate character, that is to say, ..."
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