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Webster 1913 Edition

Amateur

Amˊa-teur′

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Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Amateur

AMATEU'R

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Noun.
[L. anator, a lover, from amo, to love.]
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study or science, as to music or painting; one who has a taste for the arts.

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