outdoorsman
Americannoun
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a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
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a person who spends much time in the outdoors.
Gender
See -man.
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Though he settled in New York, Church, a born outdoorsman, responded with enthusiasm to the hiking and camping so often entailed by the job of landscape painting.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
The statement described the California native as an "avid sailor and outdoorsman".
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
But an often overlooked part of his pitch to voters is his image, long cultivated and not very lightly worn, as a rugged outdoorsman with a quirky enthusiasm for wildlife and nature.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024
Although he’s an outdoorsman who hunts wild boar in his free time, he said he still feels a connection to the city.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024
As for Leon, he wasn’t much of an outdoorsman, and was leery of any critter that wasn’t wearing a collar and a rabies tag.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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