shamateur

shamateur

English

Etymology

From sham +‎ amateur.[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃamət(j)ə/

Noun

shamateur (plural shamateurs)

1. A sportsman or athlete who is officially an amateur but who makes money from playing, or who otherwise behaves as a professional.

Derived terms

• shamateurism

Translations

shamateur

German: Scheinamateur m, Scheinamateurin f, Staatsamateur m (state-sponsored), Staatsamateurin f (state-sponsored)

References

1. Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016), “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future‎, Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225

Further reading

• shamateur at OneLook Dictionary Search