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sportsballer

sportsballer noun: someone playing any sport, especially one involving a ball.

Noun

sportsballer (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Someone playing any sport, especially one involving a ball.
    • For a writer to be seen with the elite of the golfing worlds was a bad thing, a very bad thing. What will the other sportsballers, the footballers, the basketballers, the sex-ballers, think? He is pro-golfers or he wouldn't be there. He was aware of the con-flict—the bitter animosity—between the...2005, Thomas Morrison, Year 2040. An American Story: Liberty Or Death In 2040, iUniverse, →ISBN, page unnamed
    • The police officer crumpled, her fall cushioned by the body armor she wore. If sportsballers could collide like human ordnance in that kind of getup, the policewoman ought to be fine.2018, J. S. Morin, Mercy for Hire Mission Pack 1. Missions 1-4, Magical Scrivener Press, →ISBN, page unnamed

Examples of sportsballer in a sentence

  • What will the other sportsballers, the footballers, the basketballers, the sex-ballers, think?2005, Thomas Morrison, Year 2040. An American Story: Liberty Or Death In 2040, iUniverse, →ISBN, page unnamed:
  • The foundation partnered with a few pro sportsballers.2021, Michelle McCraw, Trip Me Up. An Opposites-Attract Road-Trip Romance, Lazy Dog Books, →ISBN, page unnamed:

Origin of sportsballer

From sportsball + -er. Based on footballer, basketballer, baseballer, etc.

Questions about sportsballer

What does sportsballer mean?
Sportsballer means someone playing any sport, especially one involving a ball.
How do you use sportsballer in a sentence?
What will the other sportsballers, the footballers, the basketballers, the sex-ballers, think?
What part of speech is sportsballer?
Sportsballer is a noun.

Words near sportsballer in the dictionary

  1. sports-jacketed
  2. sports-luxe
  3. sportsaholic
  4. sportsaholics
  5. sportsball
  6. sportsballer
  7. sportsbetting
  8. sportsboat
  9. sportsboats
  10. sportsbook
  11. sportsbooks

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