Meanings
plural tennismen
- non-native speakers' EnglishA male tennis player.
Im a tennisman who love playing tennis :-)
1996 January 31, baudry christophe, “Tennis Pictures ???? Where ???”, in news.newusers.questions (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 20223 more examples
René Lacoste was known as a tennisman in the late 20's or early 30's. Well before my time, but there are books and magazines.
1999 August 7, Pierre Jelenc, “loanwords without source”, in sci.lang (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022For sweet^([sic]) in your eyes the best is a head band in towell^([sic]) tissue like the tennismen wear.
2001 August 7, Carlos Klimann, “Which eyeware^([sic]) for hard contact wearer?”, in rec.bicycles.misc (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022Viktor has "captured" the most beatiful^([sic]) grilfriend I've ever seen for a tennisman.
2010 May 28, Manuel aka Xax, “Men's Side - Matches Ups, Upsets?”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022
Origin
- Frenchtennisman
- Englishtennisman
From French tennisman. Equivalent to tennis + -man.
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tennisman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tennisman
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