noun
Meaning 1
Someone who attacks.
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noun
Someone who attacks.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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Synonyms: forward, striker, front man
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: player, person
noun
someone who attacks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: aggressor, assailant, assaulter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wrongdoer, offender
Narrower terms: ambusher, avenger, retaliator, beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat, bludgeoner, bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo, harasser, harrier, iconoclast, marauder, predator, vulture, piranha, night rider, nightrider, raper, rapist, shedder, spiller, slasher, stabber, stoner, lapidator
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Italian a- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikaną Proto-West Germanic *stekander. Old French atachier Old French destachier Middle French destacherbor. Italian distaccare Italian staccare Italian attaccarebor. French attaquerdeverb. French attaquebor. English attack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English attacker From attack + -er.
Across languages
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