单词 | gentleman player |
释义 | > as lemmasgentleman player gentleman player n. Cricket (now chiefly historical) an amateur player in first-class cricket; also in extended use in other sports (cf. sense 3d). ΚΠ 1783 Morning Chron. 23 June Besides his Grace and Sir H. Mann, Colonel Tarleton is to be added to the list of Gentlemen players. 1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports 346/1 Who can beat twenty-two, with some wickets to spare, Of the gentlemen-players. 1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer ix. 299 The real gentleman player has no love for these miserable..labels and distinctions. 2018 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 7 Jan. (Agenda section) 68 A time when gentlemen players from the Queensland bush ruled the tennis world in the 50s and 60s. < as lemmas |
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