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sportsmanship|ˈspɔətsmənʃɪp| [f. as prec. + -ship.] The performance or practice of a sportsman; skill in, or knowledge of, sport; conduct characteristic or worthy of a sportsman.
1745Fielding Tom Jones iii. x, He had..greatly recommended himself..by leaping over five barred gates, and by other acts of sportsmanship. 1826Miss Mitford Village II. 308 The boys showed great sportmanship [sic] on this occasion. 1841Edinb. Rev. LXXIII. 382 He was not one of the Brummell set, or he would scarcely attribute the origin of Melton to their sportsmanship. 1897Outing XXX. 239/2 If this advance..in oarsmanship can be accompanied with an advance in sportsmanship. |