noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French, from Latin amator lover, from amare to love
Date: 1784
devotee , admirer, one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession, one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science, amateurish adjective amateurishly adverb amateurishness noun amateurism noun Synonyms: see: amateur