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Amateur definition: a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.. See examples of AMATEUR used in a sentence.
He could have been whatever he turned his agile intellect and his cunning hand to; he had been a schoolmaster and a watch-maker, and I believe an amateur doctor and irregular lawyer; he talked and wrote brilliantly, and he was one of the group that nightly disposed of every manner of theoretical and practical question at the drug-store; it was quite indifferent to him which side he took; what ...
Definition of amateur adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
AMATEUR meaning: 1. taking part in an activity for pleasure, not as a job: 2. relating to an activity, especially a…. Learn more.
6 meanings: 1. a person who engages in an activity, esp a sport, as a pastime rather than professionally or for gain 2. an.... Click for more definitions.
Amateur association football player . An amateur (from French 'one who loves') is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income.
Étymol. ET HIST. I.− Amateur. 1. a) 1488 amateur de « celui qui aime (qqn) » (Mer des hist., I, 198 a, éd. 1491 ds Rom. Forsch. t. 32, p. 8 : Est ung roy requis d'avoir pitié et clémence, affin qu'il soit doulx amateur des indigents et souffreteux) 1495 [éd. 1531] « id.
