Meanings
nounsportster (plural sportsters)
plural sportsters
- informalA sporty automobile or motorcycle.
- archaicOne who engages in sport.
Pitiable sportster, / To choose thy prey so humbly, to seduce / A beggar wench who hath not the high pride / Descendant still from kingly ancestors, / To keep her royal place.
1892, Arthur Dillon, Gods and Men, page 214
Origin
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sportster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportster
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“sportster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportster. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sportster,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportster.
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