gamesmann.

Brit.

/ˈɡeɪmzmən/, U.S.

/ˈɡeɪmzmən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: game n., man n.¹

Etymology: < either the genitive or the plural of game n. + man n.¹ Compare earlier sportsman n. With sense 1b compare gamesmanship n.

a. A person who engages in or takes an interest in games or sports.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun]

playerOE

player1440

sporter1531

gamester1562

sporteer1654

sportsman1699

matchmakera1704

sporter1742

sporting parson1757

gamesman1812

sport1873

sportsman1886

sportswoman1900

hearty1915

jockstrap1956

jock1963

jockstrapper1967

1812 Literary Panorama May 864 There is great room for improvement in our management of this noble animal [sc. the elephant],..for..we are..greatly inferior to the showmen and games-men of enlightened and refined antiquity.

1897 V. Welby Grains of Sense 63 The bus conductor and the games-man..will still bestow endless colloquial or journalistic words and phrases upon us.

1918 R. Pertwee Our Wonderful Selves (1919) ii. iii. 74 Are you a gamesman or a swotter?

1950 Manch. Guardian 1 July 3/7 [The book] will remind many of what a brilliant all-round gamesman Yardley was before he devoted all his time to cricket.

1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 1 Dec. (Advt. section) 6 a/2 Some early golfers used church steeples as goals... They'd take turns striking a ball, with the gamesman getting closest to the church door being declared the winner.

2006 M. Ronan Symmetry & Monster xii. 156 Conway remains the world's top mathematical gamesman.

b. An exponent of gamesmanship; a person who uses barely legitimate means to gain an advantage.

ΚΠ

1947 S. Potter Gamesmanship ii. 21 Psychological tendency, if not temporal necessity, will cause him to drive faster, and—behold! now the gamesman can widen his field and bring in carmanship.

1951 Manch. Guardian 8 Nov. 6/2 They may ask whether it is not a hollow and perhaps futile gesture, a gamesman's move in the cold war, to suggest discussion on disarmament.

1961 Times 8 Mar. 17/7 C. W. Brasher, a member of Achilles, which has had more than its fair share of gamesmen, has admitted that he could bring a mile time of 4 mins. 15 sec. down by 10 sec. with a series of excuses..about track, spikes, and wind.

1995 Guardian 30 Sept. (Outlook section) 30/2 They played good football but also brought the gamesman's art to an English scene which had largely escaped it up to then.

2002 S. Hill Fixing Elections ii. 30 What we have are two minority parties,..looking for any gamesman's advantage to gain a leg up on the competition.

2. Chiefly Archaeology. Each of the pieces used in a board game or the like; = man n.¹ 24.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > [noun] > piece

manc1460

tableman1480

piece1562

counter1600

game piece1880

onesie1888

tile1923

gamesman1931

meeple2000

1931 E. Mackay Rep. Excavation ‘A’ Cemetery at Kish I. iii. v. 278 In these gamesmen we see a very human side of the inhabitants of Jemdet Nasr. That the games played with these pieces were extremely popular is proved from the great number found.

1993 A. Vishnu Material Life Northern India ii. 71 From Rajghat only one terracotta gamesman has been found.

2004 R. K. Pruthi Prehist. & Harappan Civilization xi. 211 The shell objects..should be traced to Lothal, where bangles, wristlets, beads, gamesmen and diamond-shaped inlays were produced in the workshops.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gamesman
释义	gamesmann. Brit. /ˈɡeɪmzmən/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪmzmən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: game n., man n.¹ Etymology: < either the genitive or the plural of game n. + man n.¹ Compare earlier sportsman n. With sense 1b compare gamesmanship n. 1. a. A person who engages in or takes an interest in games or sports. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] playerOE player1440 sporter1531 gamester1562 sporteer1654 sportsman1699 matchmakera1704 sporter1742 sporting parson1757 gamesman1812 sport1873 sportsman1886 sportswoman1900 hearty1915 jockstrap1956 jock1963 jockstrapper1967 1812 Literary Panorama May 864 There is great room for improvement in our management of this noble animal [sc. the elephant],..for..we are..greatly inferior to the showmen and games-men of enlightened and refined antiquity. 1897 V. Welby Grains of Sense 63 The bus conductor and the games-man..will still bestow endless colloquial or journalistic words and phrases upon us. 1918 R. Pertwee Our Wonderful Selves (1919) ii. iii. 74 Are you a gamesman or a swotter? 1950 Manch. Guardian 1 July 3/7 [The book] will remind many of what a brilliant all-round gamesman Yardley was before he devoted all his time to cricket. 1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 1 Dec. (Advt. section) 6 a/2 Some early golfers used church steeples as goals... They'd take turns striking a ball, with the gamesman getting closest to the church door being declared the winner. 2006 M. Ronan Symmetry & Monster xii. 156 Conway remains the world's top mathematical gamesman. b. An exponent of gamesmanship; a person who uses barely legitimate means to gain an advantage. ΚΠ 1947 S. Potter Gamesmanship ii. 21 Psychological tendency, if not temporal necessity, will cause him to drive faster, and—behold! now the gamesman can widen his field and bring in carmanship. 1951 Manch. Guardian 8 Nov. 6/2 They may ask whether it is not a hollow and perhaps futile gesture, a gamesman's move in the cold war, to suggest discussion on disarmament. 1961 Times 8 Mar. 17/7 C. W. Brasher, a member of Achilles, which has had more than its fair share of gamesmen, has admitted that he could bring a mile time of 4 mins. 15 sec. down by 10 sec. with a series of excuses..about track, spikes, and wind. 1995 Guardian 30 Sept. (Outlook section) 30/2 They played good football but also brought the gamesman's art to an English scene which had largely escaped it up to then. 2002 S. Hill Fixing Elections ii. 30 What we have are two minority parties,..looking for any gamesman's advantage to gain a leg up on the competition. 2. Chiefly Archaeology. Each of the pieces used in a board game or the like; = man n.¹ 24. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > [noun] > piece manc1460 tableman1480 piece1562 counter1600 game piece1880 onesie1888 tile1923 gamesman1931 meeple2000 1931 E. Mackay Rep. Excavation ‘A’ Cemetery at Kish I. iii. v. 278 In these gamesmen we see a very human side of the inhabitants of Jemdet Nasr. That the games played with these pieces were extremely popular is proved from the great number found. 1993 A. Vishnu Material Life Northern India ii. 71 From Rajghat only one terracotta gamesman has been found. 2004 R. K. Pruthi Prehist. & Harappan Civilization xi. 211 The shell objects..should be traced to Lothal, where bangles, wristlets, beads, gamesmen and diamond-shaped inlays were produced in the workshops. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1812
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