linesman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An assistant referee.
  2. A male line judge.
  3. An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside.
  4. An official whose primary task is to determine whether there has been a line of scrimmage violation.
  5. A person employed to work on electrical lines; a lineman.
  6. A private in the line.

Pronunciation

En-us-linesman.ogg

Word forms

linesman linesmen

Etymology

From line + -s- + -man.

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