tennisman

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English

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Etymology

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From French tennisman. Equivalent to tennis +‎ -man.

Noun

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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

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Etymology

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Pseudo-anglicism, from tennis +‎ English man.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /te.nis.man/
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Noun

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tennisman m (plural tennismen or tennismans, feminine tenniswoman)

  1. a male tennis player
    Synonym: tennisseur

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