FOOTBALLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does footballer mean? 

• FOOTBALLER (noun)
  The noun FOOTBALLER has 1 sense:

1. an athlete who plays American football

  Familiarity information: FOOTBALLER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOTBALLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An athlete who plays American football

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

football player; footballer

Hypernyms ("footballer" is a kind of...):

athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)

participant; player (a person who participates in or is skilled at some game)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "footballer"):

back ((football) a person who plays in the backfield)

ball carrier; runner ((football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play)

blocker (a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play)

cornerback (a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers)

football hero (a football player who has achieved a reputation for success)

kicker (a player who kicks the football)

line backer; linebacker (a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen)

lineman (one of the players on the line of scrimmage)

pass catcher; pass receiver; receiver (a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass)

tackler (a football player who tackles the ball carrier)

Derivation:

football (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

football (the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football)