Definitions
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 insports . A femaleathlete .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who engages in sports
Etymologies
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Examples
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In fact, Badminton is the only place where I am known as a sportswoman instead of ‘That woman who is dying.’
Archive 2009-01-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009
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In fact, Badminton is the only place where I am known as a sportswoman instead of ‘That woman who is dying.’
Watching and waiting for me to die: I want to live. Elizabeth McClung 2009
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The sportswoman is a power forward and plays part of the year for the US team Tulsa Shock based in Tulsa, Oklahoma and also turns out for Melbourne's Bulleen Boomers.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Bonnie Malkin 2011
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What players call the Kournikova factor – sex object over sportswoman – is at least as hard to handle in women's football as in tennis, especially since in football the alternative is often to assume all players must be honorary blokes.
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A keen sportswoman in her youth, Wright resolved to target the London Paralympics a few months after having a child, Oscar.
Paralympics 2012: The 7/7 survivor who plans to compete at London 2012 2011
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Jennifer Capriati would probably feel the same, since it was the tennis tournament in Barcelona that allowed her to demonstrate what the Olympics can do even for a sportswoman already wealthy beyond dreams.
Only pettiness makes us sneer at Olympic football | Richard Williams 2011
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Jennifer Capriati would probably feel the same, since it was the tennis tournament in Barcelona that allowed her to demonstrate what the Olympics can do even for a sportswoman already wealthy beyond dreams.
Only pettiness makes us sneer at Olympic football | Richard Williams 2011
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The teenager, whose lawyer described her as a "talented sportswoman", boasted that she was having "the best day ever", the court heard.
London Olympics girl reported by parents after seeing TV riot 2011
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In the short time I was allowed to appreciate your work here I found you to be a talented writer, a sportswoman of integrity and a person who deeply cares for the audience you serve, both men and women.
It Takes All Kinds 2009
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In the short time I was allowed to appreciate your work here I found you to be a talented writer, a sportswoman of integrity and a person who deeply cares for the audience you serve, both men and women.
It Takes All Kinds 2009
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