outdoorsman

English

Etymology

outdoors +‎ -man

Noun

outdoorsman (plural outdoorsmen)

  1. A man who spends time in outdoor pursuits or sports.
    Hypernym: outdoorsperson
    Coordinate term: outdoorswoman
    • 1978 December, Patrick F. McManus, “The Gift”, in Field & Stream, volume LXXXIII, number 8, New York, N.Y.: CBS Publications, →OCLC, page 88:
      Whenever the kids ask my wife what to get Ol' Whosis for Christmas, she tells them, "You know how he loves outdoor sports. Why don't you get him something outdoorsy?" […] Let me state here that there should be a law prohibiting any person who uses the term "outdoorsy" from dispensing advice about what kinds of presents to buy an outdoorsman.
    • 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker‎, →ISSN:
      Dalio is an outdoorsman and naturalist of the Hemingway school: he likes to go places and kill things. He fishes in Canada, shoots grouse in Scotland, and hunts big game in Africa, […]

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