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lineswoman

American  
[lahynz-woom-uhn] / ˈlaɪnzˌwʊm ən /

noun

Sports.

plural

lineswomen
  1. a female official, as in tennis, soccer, ice hockey, and football, who assists the referee.


Example Sentences

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Open, in which he inadvertently hit a lineswoman with a ball blasted in anger, got him disqualified on the spot.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2021

Djokovic memorably was defaulted from that tournament in the fourth round after angrily hitting a ball that struck a lineswoman in the throat.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2021

Open were done this way, but the two biggest courts retained the human element - and Djokovic was disqualified after smacking a ball that inadvertently struck a lineswoman in the throat.

From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2021

The lineswoman accused Williams of saying she would kill her; Williams denied it.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2018

Roy Hegarty Waiheke Island New Zealand Serena Williams’s verbal assault on a lineswoman in the 2009 United States Open certainly didn’t seem like an aberration, although many hoped that it was.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2011