DEFINITIONS

footballer

[ foo t-baw-ler ]
/ ˈfʊtˌbɔ lər /

noun

a football player, especially a member of a college or professional team.
Chiefly British. a soccer player.

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What’s Nuclear About A Football?Whose nuclear launch button is bigger? There has been a serious kerfuffle in the news about buttons and their relative size. Specifically, nuclear launch buttons. Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, flatly stated that a nuclear button is on his desk at all times. “It’s not a mere threat but a reality that I have a nuclear button on the desk in my office.” …
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Words nearby footballer

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Origin of footballer

First recorded in 1875–80; football + -er1
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