sportsman

[ Eng.sports, and man. ] 1. One who engages in or is given to the sports of the field; one skilled in sports, as hunting, shoot ing, fishing, . "Gray dawn appears; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain." Cowper: Progre of Error, 82. 2. A sporting-man (q. v.). spörts-man-like, *spörts-man-ly, a . [Eng. sportsman; -like, -ly.] Befitting or becoming a sportsman. "Fly-fishing is practically brought to a standstill by the le sportsmanly method."- Field , Oct. 17, 1885. spörts-man-ship, s . [Eng. sportsman; -ship.] The practice of sportsmen; skill in field sports. *spörts-wom-an, s. [Eng. sports , and woman .] A woman who engages in field sports. "The twenty-three sportsmen and sportswomen who took part in it." -London Daily Telegraph . Bot.: Bearing sporules.