- plural of amateur.
amateurs
Example Sentences
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William rode alongside top professional players and keen amateurs at the Guards Polo Club in Windsor Great Park.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The actors, seasoned veterans as well as young amateurs, go through their lines and movements one last time before the curtain rises at the Wole Soyinka Theatre at the University of Ibadan, in southwest Nigeria.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Two amateurs with unforgettable names made their mark at Riviera Country Club on Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
He noted that Hezbollah operators were still relative amateurs compared with Russians and Ukrainians but Israel’s defenses fall well short of what’s required to combat them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The amateurs never practiced more than about three hours a week over the course of their childhood, and by the age of twenty they had totaled two thousand hours of practice.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
