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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A woman who is active in sports.
  • noun A woman whose conduct and attitude exhibit sportsmanship.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A woman who engages in or is interested in field-sports.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK A woman who engages in sports. A female athlete.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who engages in sports

Etymologies

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sports +‎ -woman.

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