tennisman

English

Etymology

From French tennisman. Equivalent to tennis +‎ -man.

Noun

tennisman (plural tennismen)

1. (non-native speakers' English) A male tennis player.
   • 1996 January 31, baudry christophe, “Tennis Pictures ???? Where ???”, in news.newusers.questions‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-17:

     Im a tennisman who love playing tennis :-)

   • 1999 August 7, Pierre Jelenc, “loanwords without source”, in sci.lang‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-17:

     René Lacoste was known as a tennisman in the late 20's or early 30's. Well before my time, but there are books and magazines.

   • 2001 August 7, Carlos Klimann, “Which eyeware^[sic] for hard contact wearer?”, in rec.bicycles.misc‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-17:

     For sweet^[sic] in your eyes the best is a head band in towell^[sic] tissue like the tennismen wear.

   • 2010 May 28, Manuel aka Xax, “Men's Side - Matches Ups, Upsets?”, in rec.sport.tennis‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-17:

     Viktor has "captured" the most beatiful^[sic] grilfriend I've ever seen for a tennisman.

French

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, from tennis +‎ English man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.nis.man/

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Noun

tennisman m (plural tennismen or tennismans, feminine tenniswoman)

1. a male tennis player

   Synonym: tennisseur

Further reading

• “tennisman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.