amateur
noun
a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.
amateurs
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pluralof amateur.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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William rode alongside top professional players and keen amateurs at the Guards Polo Club in Windsor Great Park.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The actors, seasoned veterans as well as young amateurs, go through their lines and movements one last time before the curtain rises at the Wole Soyinka Theatre at the University of Ibadan, in southwest Nigeria.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
He noted that Hezbollah operators were still relative amateurs compared with Russians and Ukrainians but Israel’s defenses fall well short of what’s required to combat them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The so-called secondary draft, which was discontinued six years later, was specifically targeted toward winter high school graduates, junior college players, college dropouts and amateurs who had been previously drafted but did not sign.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Like Holmes, Geological Survey geologist W J. McGee believed it was his duty to protect the temple of Science from profanation by incompetent and overimaginative amateurs.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
