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outdoorsman

outdoorsman noun: a man who spends time in outdoor pursuits or sports.

Noun

outdoorsman (plural outdoorsmen)

  1. A man who spends time in outdoor pursuits or sports.
    • Whenever the kids ask my wife what to get Ol' Whosis for Christmas, she tells them, "You know how he loves outdoor sports. Why don't you get him something outdoorsy?" […] Let me state here that there should be a law prohibiting any person who uses the term "outdoorsy" from dispensing advice about...1978 December, Patrick F. McManus, “The Gift”, in Field & Stream, volume LXXXIII, number 8, New York, N.Y.: CBS Publications, →OCLC, page 88
    • Dalio is an outdoorsman and naturalist of the Hemingway school: he likes to go places and kill things. He fishes in Canada, shoots grouse in Scotland, and hunts big game in Africa, […]2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN

Forms of outdoorsman

pluraloutdoorsmen

Plural of outdoorsman: outdoorsmen

Origin of outdoorsman

From outdoors + -man.

Words formed from outdoorsman

Questions about outdoorsman

What does outdoorsman mean?
Outdoorsman means a man who spends time in outdoor pursuits or sports.
What part of speech is outdoorsman?
Outdoorsman is a noun.
What is the plural of outdoorsman?
The plural of outdoorsman is outdoorsmen.

Words near outdoorsman in the dictionary

  1. outdoors voice
  2. outdoors voices
  3. outdoorsier
  4. outdoorsiest
  5. outdoorsiness
  6. outdoorsman
  7. outdoorsmanship
  8. outdoorsmen
  9. outdoorsness
  10. outdoorspeople
  11. outdoorsperson

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