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English
Etymology
From French tennisman. Equivalent to tennis + -man.
Noun
tennisman (plural tennismen)
- (non-native speakers' English) A male tennis player.
1996 January 31, baudry christophe, “Tennis Pictures ???? Where ???”, in news.newusers.questions (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-17:Im a tennisman who love playing tennis :-)
1999 August 7, Pierre Jelenc, “loanwords without source”, in sci.lang (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-17: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.
2001 August 7, Carlos Klimann, “Which eyeware for hard contact wearer?”, in rec.bicycles.misc (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-17:For sweet in your eyes the best is a head band in towell tissue like the tennismen wear.
2010 May 28, Manuel aka Xax, “Men's Side - Matches Ups, Upsets?”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-17:Viktor has "captured" the most beatiful grilfriend I've ever seen for a tennisman.
French
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, from tennis + English man.
Pronunciation
Noun
tennisman m (plural tennismen or tennismans, feminine tenniswoman)
- a male tennis player
- Synonym: tennisseur
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