Meanings
- rareuncountableSomeone playing any sport, especially one involving a ball.
“You have any plans tonight?” The question puzzled the tall, statuesque sportsballer. “Um. No. I guess not?”
2024, J. S. Morin, Mirth & Mayhem Mission Pack 4. Missions 13–16, Magical Scrivener Press, →ISBN, page unnamed3 more examples
For a writer to be seen with the elite of the golfing worlds was a bad thing, a very bad thing. What will the other sportsballers, the footballers, the basketballers, the sex-ballers, think? He is pro-golfers or he wouldn't be there. He was aware of the con-flict—the bitter animosity—between the golfers and the other sportsballers. Seen smiling and laughing with the upper-crust golfers is a risk that could backfire.
2005, Thomas Morrison, Year 2040. An American Story: Liberty Or Death In 2040, iUniverse, →ISBN, page unnamedThe police officer crumpled, her fall cushioned by the body armor she wore. If sportsballers could collide like human ordnance in that kind of getup, the policewoman ought to be fine.
2018, J. S. Morin, Mercy for Hire Mission Pack 1. Missions 1-4, Magical Scrivener Press, →ISBN, page unnamedMost of the men at these things did nothing more strenuous than click a mouse, and their hands were smoother than mine. Niall had to be an athlete. The foundation partnered with a few pro sportsballers.
2021, Michelle McCraw, Trip Me Up. An Opposites-Attract Road-Trip Romance, Lazy Dog Books, →ISBN, page unnamed
Origin
From sportsball + -er. Based on footballer, basketballer, baseballer, etc.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
sportsballer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsballer
“sportsballer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsballer. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sportsballer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsballer.
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