amateur
person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science in a non-professional or unpaid manner
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Summary
amateur ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,097 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: person with an activity[2]
- Commons category: Amateurs[3]
- Opposite of: professional[4]
- Has cause: passion[5]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6], Pax Leksikon[7]
- Different from: volunteer[8]
- Female form of label: amatrice[9], Amateurin[10], amatorino[11], חובבנית[12], afeccionada[13], amatiere[14], аматорка[15], aficionada[16], аматерка[17], amateur[18], amatérka[19], аматарка[20], любительница[21], mėgėja[22]
- Male form of label: amatorulo[23], аматер[24], аматар[25], amateur[26], mėgėjas[27]
- Does not have characteristic: salary[28]
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Influence
Things named for amateur include Amatérská Cave[29], a cave[30], in Czech Republic[31].
Why It Matters
amateur has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] amateur is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
Entities named for amateur include Amatérská Cave[29], a cave[30], in Czech Republic[31].