Look up Amateur or amateur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An amateur is a person who pursues an activity or field of study independently from their...

and hobbyist. Historically, the amateur was considered to be the ideal balance between pure intent, open mind, and the interest or passion for a subject...

Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation...

The Amateurs, originally called The Moguls, is a 2005 comedy film written and directed by Michael Traeger and starring Jeff Bridges. The story revolves...

emulate the style of amateur pornography. Amateur pornography has been called one of the most profitable and long-lasting genres of pornography. The introduction...

The Amateur Championship (sometimes referred to as the British Amateur or British Amateur Championship outside the UK) is a golf tournament which has been...

Look up amateur hour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Amateur Hour may refer to: Amateur live performances of comedy, music or poetry at an open mic...

States Amateur Championship[s] or U.S. Amateur Championship[s] can refer to: United States Amateur Championships (tennis) United States Amateur Championship...

Amateur sports are sports in which participants engage largely or entirely without remuneration. The distinction is made between amateur sporting participants...

The United States Amateur Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Amateur, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers...

The IBA Youth World Boxing Championships and the IBA Junior World Boxing Championships are amateur boxing competitions organised by the International...

Amateur astronomy is a hobby where participants enjoy observing or imaging celestial objects in the sky using the unaided eye, binoculars, or telescopes...

in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Professional amateur may refer to: Pro–am (professional–amateur), a level of play between amateur and professional...

Amateur professionalism or professional amateurism (shortened to pro-am) is a blurring of the distinction between professional and amateur within any endeavour...

The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The...

The Amateur Wife is a 1920 American silent comedy-drama romance directed by Edward Dillon and written by Nalbro Bartley and Jane Murfin. The film stars...

Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced at Olympic, collegiate, scholastic, and other levels. There are two international wrestling styles...

The U.S. Senior Amateur is a national tournament for amateur golf competitors at least 55 years of age. It is operated by the United States Golf Association...

Amateur theatre, also known as amateur dramatics, is theatre performed by amateur actors and singers. Amateur theatre groups may stage plays, revues,...

Amateur geology or rock collecting (also referred to as rockhounding in the United States and Canada) is the non-professional study and hobby of collecting...

The Amateur is an upcoming American espionage thriller film directed by James Hawes and written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli, based on the 1981 novel...

Amateur radio frequency allocation is done by national telecommunication authorities. Globally, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) oversees...

The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition...

The Amateur Cracksman is an 1899 short story collection by E. W. Hornung. It was published in the UK by Methuen & Co., London, and in the US by Scribner's...

years. The Primera División turned professional in 1931 when 18 clubs broke away from the amateur leagues to form a professional one. Since then, the season...

The Amateur Emigrant (in full: The Amateur Emigrant from the Clyde to Sandy Hook) is Robert Louis Stevenson's travel memoir of his journey from Scotland...

"The Amateur Scientist" was a column in the Scientific American, and was the definitive "how-to" resource for citizen-scientists for over 72 years (1928–2001)...

The amateur auxiliary was an American amateur radio organization operated by the American Radio Relay League between 1994 and 2019 that was authorized...

Amateur Photographer is a British photography magazine, published weekly by Kelsey Media. The magazine provides articles on equipment reviews, photographic...

technological advancements. The abuse of amateur rules prompted the IOC to shift away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Coubertin, to the acceptance of professional...