center forward


nounSoccer.
  1. an offensive player who covers the center of the field and who usually starts the kickoff.

Origin of center forward

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First recorded in 1890–95

Words Nearby center forward

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How to use center forward in a sentence

  • She was our best center forward last year at hockey, and our best bowler at cricket.

  • Why, we'd a man born in our street that played center-forward for the Arsenal.

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