linesman

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

lineman electrician assistant referee linesperson lineswoman supplier referee libero secondman sweeper

Often followed by

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Word family

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