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tennist

tennist noun: a tennis player.

Noun

tennist (plural tennists)

  1. (rare) A tennis player

Forms of tennist

pluraltennists

Origin of tennist

From tennis + -ist.

Questions about tennist

What does tennist mean?
Tennist means a tennis player.
What part of speech is tennist?
Tennist is a noun.
What is the plural of tennist?
The plural of tennist is tennists.

Words near tennist in the dictionary

  1. tennislike
  2. tennisman
  3. tennismen
  4. Tennison
  5. Tennisons
  6. tennist
  7. tennists
  8. tenniswear
  9. tenniswoman
  10. tenniswomans
  11. tenniswomen

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