gamesman
noun
games·man ˈgāmz-mən 
-ˌman
: one who practices gamesmanship
also : one who plays games
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Also featured: a scene in which Parsons, a gamesman who actually brought his own Connect Four board to Southern California training camp, faces backup quarterback Ben DiNucci in a chess match. 
Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021 Friedlander’s style of photography is usually cool, winking, and gamesman-like, but his pictures of his wife thrum with gentle affection. Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2019 The weapon-wielding gamesman responded by repeatedly punching Grayson, the younger man said. Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018
Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021 Friedlander’s style of photography is usually cool, winking, and gamesman-like, but his pictures of his wife thrum with gentle affection. Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2019 The weapon-wielding gamesman responded by repeatedly punching Grayson, the younger man said. Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018 Word History
Etymology
back-formation from gamesmanship, or from games, plural of game entry 1 + man entry 1 (after sportsman)
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
gamesman
noun
as in knave
Synonyms & Similar Words
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