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safety man

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safety man

 
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–noun Football.
safety (def. 6c).
Also, safe⋅ty⋅man.

Origin:
1930–35
A Short Film
Do You Think It Is Irresponsible To Passively Watch Another In Danger?
www.ResponsibilityProject.com
Safe Man
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safe⋅ty

  [seyf-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
1. the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
2. the quality of averting or not causing injury, danger, or loss.
3. a contrivance or device to prevent injury or avert danger.
4. Also called lock, safety catch, safety lock. a locking or cutoff device that prevents a gun from being fired accidentally.
5. the action of keeping safe.
6. Football.
a. an act or play in which a player on the offensive team is tackled in his own end zone or downs the ball there, or in which the ball goes out of bounds on a fumble, having last been in bounds in or over the end zone and having last been in the possession of an offensive player. Compare touchback.
b. an award of two points to the opposing team on this play.
c. Also called safety man. a player on defense who lines up farthest behind the line of scrimmage.
7. Baseball. a base hit, esp. a one-base hit.
8. Slang. a condom.
9. Obsolete. close confinement or custody.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME sauvete < MF. See safe, -ty 2
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Word Origin & History

safety 
c.1300, from O.Fr. sauvete, earlier salvetet (11c.), from M.L. salvitatem (nom. salvitas) "safety," from L. salvus (see safe). Meaning "trigger-lock on a gun" is attested from 1881. As a N.Amer. football position, first recorded 1881. Safety-pin is from 1857; safety-valve is from 1797; fig. sense recorded from 1818. Safety-net first recorded 1950. Safety-first as an accident-prevention slogan first used in Britain in 1873 (said to be originally from U.S. railroads); widely used on Conservative Party election posters in 1922.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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