Sportsballer
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Someone playing any sport, especially one involving a ball. rare, uncountable
"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 golfers and the other sportsballers. Seen smiling and laughing with the upper-crust golfers is a risk that could backfire."
Example
More examples"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 golfers and the other sportsballers. Seen smiling and laughing with the upper-crust golfers is a risk that could backfire."
Etymology
From sportsball + -er. Based on footballer, basketballer, baseballer, etc.
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