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Webster 1913 Edition
Amateur
Amˊa-teur′
,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
,Noun.
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study or science, as to music or painting; one who has a taste for the arts.