How to pronounce“amateur”in English
Life. Chapter 1. The Journey of a Disillusioned Academic I grew up in a very bookwormish family,
amateur intellectual family. We read books, we talked about ideas, we got in arguments about petty facts. I went to a liberal arts college, I went to the college where I teach now, St. John's.
I studied totally useless stuff, ancient botany, French poetry, and all kinds of things that don't get you anywhere in the world supposedly. I went to graduate school in philosophy and classics,
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Definitions of “amateur”
A lover of something.
“he conducted extensive correspondence on wines with European suppliers, employing a wine vocabulary familiar to any modern amateur of wines.”
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.
“The contest is only open to amateurs.”
Non-professional.
Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
“amateur sports”
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