linesman

[lahynz-muhn]

lines·man

[lahynz-muhn]
noun, plural lines·men.
1.
Sports.
a.
an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee.
b.
Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge.
c.
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.
2.
lineman (def. 1).

Origin:
1855–60; line1 + 's1 + -man
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Linesman is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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linesman (ˈlaɪnzmən)
 
n , pl -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.  chiefly (Brit) US and Canadian name: lineman a person who installs, maintains, or repairs telephone or electric-power lines

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