Meaning & use
Sporter
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A rifle, especially one adapted from a military design, built or stocked for hunting and civilian sporting use.
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The old military rifle had been converted into a sporter with a new stock and scope.
Gunsmiths often rework surplus military rifles into sporters for deer hunting.
A note on using this word
In general usage, 'sporter' can also simply mean someone who wears or displays something, though the firearms sense is the more established dictionary meaning.
Another way to use it
2. noun
A person who wears, displays, or takes part in something in a casual or habitual way.
He was a sporter of loud, mismatched socks.
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