Definition for
amateur
noun – One who admires; an admirer; a lover.
noun – One who has an especial love for any art, study, or pursuit, but does not practise it.
noun – Most commonly, one who cultivates any study or art from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally or with a view to gain: often used of one who pursues a study or an art in a desultory, unskilful, or non-professional way.
noun – Specifically, in sporting and athletics, an athlete who has never competed in a match open to all comers, or for a stake, or for public money, or for gate-money, or under a false name, or with a professional for a prize, and has never taught or pursued athletic exercises as a means of support.
– Pertaining to or having the character of an amateur: as, amateur work; an amateur pianist.
noun – 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.
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