sportswoman

[ spawrts-woom-uhn, spohrts- ]

noun,plural sports·wom·en.
  1. a woman who engages in sports.

Origin of sportswoman

1
First recorded in 1745–55; sports + -woman

usage note For sportswoman

See -woman.

Words Nearby sportswoman

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How to use sportswoman in a sentence

  • This volume is sure of a warm welcome from every Sportsman and sportswoman of to-day.

    Fifty Years of Golf | Horace G. Hutchinson

British Dictionary definitions for sportswoman

sportswoman

/ (ˈspɔːtsˌwʊmən) /


nounplural -women
  1. a woman who takes part in sports, esp of the outdoor type

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