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noun
An assistant referee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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noun
A male line judge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
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noun
An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
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noun
An official whose primary task is to determine whether there has been a line of scrimmage violation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A person employed to work on electrical lines; a lineman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A private in the line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: electrician, lineman
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Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
Narrower terms: gaffer
noun
official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: official
History
From line + -s- + -man.
Across languages
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
