Outdoorsman
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 what kinds of presents to buy an outdoorsman."
- 2 a male person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing) wordnet
Example
More examples"I'm something of an outdoorsman, in that I occasionally go out of doors."
Etymology
From outdoors + -man.
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