shamateur
English
/ˈʃamət(j)ə/
noun
Definitions
- A sportsman or athlete who is officially an amateur but who makes money from playing, or who otherwise behaves as a professional.
Etymology
Compound from English sham + English amateur.
Origin
English
amateur
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ammie English
- amateur English
- amateurish English
- amateurism English
- amateurization English
- amateurize English
- amateurly English
- amateurship English
- sham English
- shamateurism English
- shammer English
- shammish English
- amateur French
- amaitéarach Irish
- amata Tok Pisin