| player(noun, person) | |
| jock(noun, person) | |
| sportsman(noun, diver) | |
| competitor(noun, person, opponent, player, professional) | |
| gladiator(noun, combatant) | |
| professional(noun, person) | |
| contender(noun, person, competitor, contestant, sportsperson) | |
| athletics | |
| sport(noun, person) | |
| runner(noun, competitor, sprinter) | |
| racer(noun, competitor, runner, sprinter) | |
| ballplayer | |
| iron person(noun, expression, person, superjock) | |
| prize fighter(expression, idiom, combatant) | |
| games-player | |
| amateur athlete | |
| sportsperson(noun, person, competitor, player, participant) | |
| superjock(noun, person, competitor, participant) | |
| archer | |
| performer |
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