tennisman
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French tennisman. Equivalent to tennis + -man.
Noun
[edit]tennisman (plural tennismen)
- (non-native speakers’ English) A male tennis player.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pseudo-anglicism, from tennis + English man.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tennisman m (plural tennismen or tennismans, feminine tenniswoman)
- a male tennis player
- Synonym: tennisseur
Further reading
[edit]- “tennisman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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