Amateur

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:44:54

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.

 

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