Definition of Sportswoman

1. Noun. Someone who engages in sports.

Exact synonyms: Sport, Sportsman
Generic synonyms: Athlete, Jock
Derivative terms: Sportsmanship

Definition of Sportswoman

1. Noun. A woman who engages in sports. A female athlete. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sportswoman

1. [n -WOMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sportswoman

sportslike
sportsman
sportsman's bet
sportsman's bets
sportsmanlike
sportsmanly
sportsmanship
sportsmanships
sportsmen
sportspeople
sportsperson
sportspersons
sportspersonship
sportswear
sportswears
sportswoman (current term)
sportswomanlike
sportswomanship
sportswomen
sportswriter
sportswriters
sportswriting
sportswritings
sportulary
sportule
sportules
sporty
sporular
sporulate
sporulated

Literary usage of Sportswoman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lovely Woman by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (1903)
"CHAPTER XVIII THE sportswoman IN a certain sporting journal I have seen woman described as " a pal " and " one of the best." No doubt she is both, ..."

2. Sporting Firearms of Today in Use by Paul Allan Curtis (1922)
"CHAPTER XIII ARMS FOR THE sportswoman THERE are a lot of women afflicted with gun cranks for husbands who, in sheer desperation, would like to learn how to ..."

3. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1898)
"Not long afterwards the offer of the blue habit caused the young sportswoman's heart to swell with pride, and the day on which this honour was given her, ..."

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