Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
golf [golf, gawlf; British also gof] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible.
- a word used in communications to represent the letter G.
verb (used without object)
- to play golf.
Origin of golf 1425–75; late Middle English; of uncertain originRelated formsgolf·er, nounnon·golf·er, noun Examples from the Web for golfer Contemporary Examples of golfer
When Nancy Pelosi was speaker, the gold medal was authorized for golfer Arnold Palmer and conferred by Boehner.
Eleanor Clift
June 24, 2014
When a golfer is out there on the course, any new bet he makes is probably made with his own money, without the help of a backer.
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John Lardner
May 17, 2014
Eighty-seven percent said yep, the weekend golfer and father of two sure is.
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Brian Ries
September 7, 2012
And as a golfer, I can’t get too worked up one course, although two seems excessive.
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Michael Tomasky
May 15, 2012
The Eleventh Hole, according to B.Skow, contained sexual reenactments of text messages the golfer allegedly sent James.
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Richard Abowitz
April 1, 2012
Historical Examples of golfer
I know that may sound improbable to a golfer, but it is a fact.
Sewell Ford
But no golfer would be reckless enough to try out a shot from there.
Sewell Ford
I cannot plead ignorance of the golfer’s point of view as an excuse for my plottings.
P. G. Wodehouse
First Golfer (to friend who has come from a distance to play with him).
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914
Various
Hermione’s eyes rested a moment on the golfer who was bringing up the rear.
Elizabeth Robins
British Dictionary definitions for golfer golfer noun
- a person who plays golf
- a type of cardigan
golf noun
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- a game played on a large open course, the object of which is to hit a ball using clubs, with as few strokes as possible, into each of usually 18 holes
- (as modifier)a golf bag
verb
- (intr) to play golf
Word Origin for golf C15: perhaps from Middle Dutch colf club Golf noun
- communications a code word for the letter g
Word Origin and History for golfer n.
early 15c., agent noun from golf.
golf v.
c.1800, golf (n.). Related: Golfed; golfing.
golf n.
mid-15c., Scottish gouf, usually taken as an alteration of Middle Dutch colf, colve “stick, club, bat,” from Proto-Germanic *kulth- (cf. Old Norse kolfr “clapper of a bell,” German Kolben “mace, club”). The game is from 14c., the word is first mentioned (along with fut-bol) in a 1457 Scottish statute on forbidden games. Golf ball attested from 1540s. Despite what you read in an e-mail, “golf” is not an acronym .