A person trained to compete in sports.
synoniem: jock.
Roget 159:
strength;
power
etc.
157;
energy
etc.
171;
vigor,
force;
main force,
physical force,
brute force;
spring,
elasticity,
tone,
tension,
tonicity.
stoutness
etc.
adj.;
lustihood†,
stamina,
nerve,
muscle,
sinew,
thews and sinews,
physique;
pith,
pithiness;
virtility,
vitality.
athletics,
athleticism†;
gymnastics,
feats of strength.
adamant,
steel,
iron,
oak,
heart of oak;
iron grip;
grit,
bone.
athlete,
gymnast,
acrobat;
superman,
Atlas,
Hercules,
Antaeus†,
Samson,
Cyclops,
Goliath;
tower of strength;
giant refreshed.
strengthening
etc.
v.;
invigoration,
refreshment,
refocillation†.
[Science of forces]
dynamics,
statics.
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combatant;
disputant,
controversialist,
polemic,
litigant,
belligerent;
competitor,
rival,
corrival†;
fighter,
assailant;
champion,
Paladin;
mosstrooper†,
swashbuckler fire eater,
duelist,
bully,
bludgeon man,
rough.
prize fighter,
pugilist,
boxer,
bruiser,
the fancy,
gladiator,
athlete,
wrestler;
fighting-cock,
game-cock;
warrior,
soldier,
fighting man,
Amazon,
man at arms,
armigerent†;
campaigner,
veteran;
swordsman,
sabreur†,
redcoat,
military man,
Rajput.
armed force,
troops,
soldiery,
military forces,
sabaoth†,
the army,
standing army,
regulars,
the line,
troops of the line,
militia,
yeomanry,
volunteers,
trainband,
fencible†;
auxiliary,
bersagliere†,
brave;
garde-nationale,
garde-royale [Fr.];
minuteman [U.S.];
auxiliary forces,
reserve forces;
reserves,
posse comitatus [Lat.],
national guard,
gendarme,
beefeater;
guards,
guardsman;
yeomen of the guard,
life guards,
household troops.
janissary;
myrmidon;
Mama,
Mameluke;
spahee†,
spahi†,
Cossack,
Croat,
Pandoz.
irregular,
guerilla,
partisan,
condottiere†;
franctireur [Fr.],
tirailleur†,
bashi-bazouk;
[guerilla organization names: list],
vietminh,
vietcong;
shining path;
contras;
huk,
hukbalahap.
mercenary,
soldier of fortune;
hired gun,
gunfighter,
gunslinger;
bushwhacker,
free lance,
companion;
Hessian.
hit man
torpedo,
soldier.
levy,
draught;
Landwehr [G.],
Landsturm [G.];
conscript,
recruit,
cadet,
raw levies.
infantry,
infantryman,
private,
private soldier,
foot soldier;
Tommy Atkins†,
rank and file,
peon,
trooper,
sepoy†,
legionnaire,
legionary,
cannon fodder,
food for powder;
officer
etc.
(commander)
745;
subaltern,
ensign,
standard bearer;
spearman,
pikeman†;
spear bearer;
halberdier†,
lancer;
musketeer,
carabineer†,
rifleman,
jager [G.],
sharpshooter,
yager†,
skirmisher;
grenadier,
fusileer†;
archer,
bowman.
horse and foot;
horse soldier;
cavalry,
horse,
artillery,
horse artillery,
light horse,
voltigeur [Fr.],
uhlan,
mounted rifles,
dragoon,
hussar;
light dragoon,
heavy dragoon;
heavy;
cuirassier [Fr.];
Foot Guards,
Horse Guards.
gunner,
cannoneer,
bombardier,
artilleryman†,
matross†;
sapper,
sapper and miner;
engineer;
light infantry,
rifles,
chasseur [Fr.],
zouave;
military train,
coolie.
army,
corps d'armee [Fr.],
host,
division,
battalia†,
column,
wing,
detachment,
garrison,
flying column,
brigade,
regiment,
corps,
battalion,
sotnia†,
squadron,
company,
platoon,
battery,
subdivision,
section,
squad;
piquet,
picket,
guard,
rank,
file;
legion,
phalanx,
cohort;
cloud of skirmishers.
war horse,
charger,
destrier.
marine,
man-of-war's man
etc.
(sailor)
269;
navy,
wooden walls,
naval forces,
fleet,
flotilla,
armada,
squadron.
[ships of war]
man-of-war;
destroyer;
submarine;
minesweeper;
torpedo-boat,
torpedo-destroyer;
patrol torpedo boat,
PT boat;
torpedo-catcher,
war castle,
H. M.S.;
battleship,
battle wagon,
dreadnought,
line of battle ship,
ship of the line;
aircraft carrier,
carrier.
flattop [Coll.];
helicopter carrier;
missile platform,
missile boat;
ironclad,
turret ship,
ram,
monitor,
floating battery;
first-rate,
frigate,
sloop of war,
corvette,
gunboat,
bomb vessel;
flagship,
guard ship,
cruiser;
armored cruiser,
protected cruiser;
privateer.
[supporting ships]
tender;
store ship,
troop ship;
transport,
catamaran;
merchant marine.
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