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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

spec′tator sport′,

Sportany sport that can be watched by spectators, as football or basketball, usually for a fee.

1940–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

spectator sport

a sport that attracts more people as spectators than as participants

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