Lineman

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  • noun. A person employed to install or repair telephone, telegraph, or electric power lines.
  • noun. A person employed to inspect and repair railroad tracks.
  • noun. A player positioned on the line of scrimmage near the ball.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A person who carries the line in surveying, etc.
  • noun. One employed in duties relating to the line of a railroad, telegraph, or telephone; one who attends to keeping the parts of the line, as the rails, posts, wires, etc., in proper condition.
  • noun. A line-fisherman.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who carries the line in surveying, etc.; the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole.
  • noun. A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to install or repair telegraph, telephone, television cable, or power lines. Also called linesman.
  • noun. A player whose position is in the first (forward) line, as opposed to a back; one who plays on the line of scrimmage.
  • noun. A ladies' man who is especially adept at inventing effective introductory phrases (pick-up lines) to gain a woman's attention.
  • noun. the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. one of the players on the line of scrimmage
  • noun. the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole
  • noun. (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage
  • noun. a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
  • Word Usage
    "But what you don't want to see, as far as a lineman, is a big, stiff guy that can't move."
    Antonyms
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    back  
    Hypernym
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    surveyor  
    Rhyme
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    Steinman  linemen  
    Same Context
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    variant
    linesman