shamateur

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English[edit]

shamateur on Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

From sham +‎ amateur.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃamət(j)ə/

Noun[edit]

shamateur (plural shamateurs)

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

Derived terms[edit]

shamateurism

Translations[edit]

shamateur

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

References[edit]

^ 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^[1], Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225

Further reading[edit]

“shamateur”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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