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lineman

[ lahyn-muhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural line·men.

Also a person who installs or repairs telephone, telegraph, or other wires.
Football. one of the players in the line, as a center, guard, tackle, or end.
Surveying. a person who marks the positions of a survey mark with a range pole or the like.

lineman

/ ˈlaɪnmən /

another name for platelayer
a person who does the chaining, taping, or marking of points for a surveyor
(formerly) the member of a beach life-saving team who controlled the line used to help drowning swimmers and surfers
American football a member of the row of players who start each down positioned on either side of the line of scrimmage
another word for linesman

See -man.

Origin of lineman¹

First recorded in 1855–60; line ¹ + -man

“He was a good matchup,” Jones said of Brown, a defensive lineman for his high school football team.

University of Missouri All-American defensive lineman and likely NFL draft pick Michael Sam is gay.

Suppose the “best” football player was an offensive lineman for Youngstown State?

So naturally it turned to a former college-football lineman.

Citi is now betting the lineman can transform into a quarterback.

A lineman was sent out to repair it under escort of civil guards, who were forced by the rebels to retire.

You can make a lineman's holster in the same way, using plastic or soft leather.

Drew turned toward Stockbridge as the lineman shuffled through the portires.

He was a lineman for a telegraph company, healthy and strong, used to open-air life and hard work.

"Anybody ought to know it 'thout being told, you old Rube," growled the lineman, who was from Boggs City.

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