name
Meaning 1
A surname from Middle English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
scorer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Meaning 2
One who scores.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Alan Shearer finished among the top ten goal scorers in 10 out of his 14 seasons in the Premier League and won the top scorer title three times..
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noun
Meaning 3
One who keeps track of scores in a game; a scorekeeper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The team was making goals so fast the scorer could barely keep up.
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noun
Meaning 4
Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 5
an official who records the score during the progress of a game
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scorekeeper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: official
noun
Meaning 6
a logger who marks trees to be felled
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lumberman, lumberjack, logger, feller, faller
noun
Meaning 7
a player who makes a score in a game or contest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: player, participant
History
Etymology
From Middle English.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score 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 scorer From score + -er.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: golejador — one who scores
- Finnish: maalintekijä — one who scores
- French: buteur — one who scores
- French: buteuse — one who scores
- French: scoreur — one who scores
- German: Torschütze — one who scores
- Spanish: pichichi — one who scores
- Spanish: goleador — one who scores
- Swahili: mfungaji — one who scores
- Swedish: målgörare — one who scores
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