linesman

[ lahynz-muhn ]
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noun,plural lines·men.
  1. Sports.

    • an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee.

    • Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge.

    • Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.

Origin of linesman

1
First recorded in 1855–60; line1 + 's1 + -man

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How to use linesman in a sentence

  • Neale followed their eyes and saw a squat, swarthy, two-hundred-and-fifty-pound linesman rolling past them towards the Gym.

    Rough-Hewn | Dorothy Canfield

British Dictionary definitions for linesman

linesman

/ (ˈlaɪnzmən) /


nounplural -men
  1. an official who helps the referee or umpire in various sports, esp by indicating when the ball has gone out of play

  2. mainly British a person who installs, maintains, or repairs telephone or electric-power lines: US and Canadian name: lineman

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