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Definition of AMATEUR

Amateur
Amateur Am`a*teur", n. [F., fr. L. amator lover, fr. amare to love.] A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.

Meaning of AMATEUR from wikipedia

- An amateur (from French 'one who loves') is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and...
- Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation...
- The Amateur is an upcoming American vigilante spy thriller film directed by James Hawes and written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli, based on the 1981...
- commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth...
- The Northeast Amateur is an amateur golf tournament pla**** annually at the Wannamoisett Country Club in Rumford, Rhode Island. It was first pla**** in...
- Amateur **** is a category of **** that features models, actors or non-professionals performing without pay, or actors for whom this material...
- Amateur geology or rock collecting (also referred to as rockhounding in the United States and Canada) is the non-professional study and hobby of collecting...
- Amateur radio frequency allocation is done by national telecommunication authorities. Globally, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) oversees...
- The Amateur Gourmet, or Adam Roberts, is an American food and humor writer. Roberts, born in 1979, started The Amateur Gourmet while a frustrated law student...
- Amateur professionalism or professional amateurism (shortened to pro-am) is a blurring of the distinction between professional and amateur within any endeavour...