LINEMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lineman mean? 

• LINEMAN (noun)
  The noun LINEMAN has 4 senses:

1. one of the players on the line of scrimmage

2. the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole

3. a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines

4. (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage

  Familiarity information: LINEMAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINEMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the players on the line of scrimmage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

football player; footballer (an athlete who plays American football)

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

center; snapper ((football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback)

end ((football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage)

guard; tackle (the person who plays that position on a football team)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The surveyor who marks positions with a range pole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

surveyor (an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

electrician; lineman; linesman

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

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

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

gaffer (an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

position ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player)

Domain category:

American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)

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

center ((American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play)

guard; tackle; end ((American football) a position on the line of scrimmage)

Holonyms ("lineman" is a member of...):

linemen (the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage)