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/spˈɔrtɪŋ mæn/ Listen

Sporting man

noun

Someone who leads a merry existence; especially a gambler on the outcome of sporting events.

Someone who enjoys outdoor activities. Synonym: outdoor man.

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"Sporting man" Quotes from Famous Books

... have your answer. You take up your morning's paper, and you have the news from the very antipodes every day. The merchant has quotations placed before him, daily and hourly, from every great commercial centre in the world; and even the sporting man can deposit his money here, and have his bet booked in London the ...

— Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago • Canniff Haight

... time for dinner. To many he seemed to possess a dual nature. He had a quick, keen intellect, and, during business hours, gave an absorbed attention to his profession. At other times he was equally well known as a sporting man, with ...

— From Jest to Earnest • E. P. Roe

... chambers was Mr. Bangham. Mr. Bangham was a sporting man married to a rich widow. Mr. Bangham had no practice—did not come to chambers thrice in a term: went a circuit for those mysterious reasons which make men go circuit,—and his room served as a great convenience to Sibwright when that young gentleman gave his little ...

— The History of Pendennis • William Makepeace Thackeray

... a sporting man in the country who could peruse these volumes without deriving a considerable amount of pleasure and profit from their pages. No one should think of visiting Norway, Denmark, or Sweden, ...

— A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden - 2nd edition • W. A. Ross

Words linked to "Sporting man" : gambler, Edwardian, amateur, outdoor man