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Look up: amateur

  1. Amateur
    One who rides or drives for the love of the sport and not as a profession or for profit.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  2. amateur
    [adj] - engaged in as a pastime 2. [n] - does not play for pay 3. [n] - someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Amateur
    Am`a·teur' noun [ French, from Latin amator lover, from amare to love.] A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/66

  4. amateur
    recreational adjective engaged in as a pastime; `an amateur painter`; `gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals`; `recreational golfers`; `reading matter that is both recreational and mental...
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. amateur
    noun someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Amateur
    • (n.) A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. amateur
    • someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
    • does not play for pay

    Found on

  8. amateur
    amateur, in sports, one who engages in athletic competition without material recompense. Upper-class Englishmen in the 19th cent. used the concept to help define their social status, first applying the term to sportsmen who did not need to work with their hands as livelihood, later using it to descr...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sports/A08

  9. amateur
    A golfer who plays without monetary compensation.
    Found on http://www.aviemoregolf.com/a.html

  10. Amateur
    Rider over eighteen who does not get paid for riding An individual who rides or exhibits a horse in competition, who does not derive profit from such activities and does not do so as a profession
    Found on http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/Hor

  11. Amateur
    A non-professional rider who can be identified on any racecard as their title Mr, Mrs, Ms, Captain etc appears in front of their name.
    Found on http://www.cheltenhamfestival.net/horse%

  12. Amateur
    Opposite of professional, one who does not receive monetary remuneration from the game.
    Found on http://www.golfeurope.com/almanac/golf_t

  13. Amateur
    An `amateur` (French amateur "lover of", from Old French and ultimately from Latin amatorem nom. amator, "lover") is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training. Amateurism can be seen in ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur

  14. Amateur
    (film) `Amateur` is a 1994 film written and directed by Hal Hartley starring Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan and Elina Löwensohn. Title: The title is also an acronym, encompassing elements of the film Plot: Donovan plays Thomas, an amnesiac trying to put his life back together, who...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur



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