Lineman

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person employed to install or repair telephone, telegraph, or electric power lines. Also called linesman.
  • n. A man employed to inspect and repair railroad tracks.
  • n. Football A player positioned on the forward line.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who carries the line in surveying, etc.; the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A player whose position is in the first (forward) line, as opposed to a back; one who plays on the line of scrimmage.
  • n. A ladies' man who is especially adept at inventing effective introductory phrases (pick-up lines) to gain a woman's attention.
  • n. the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A person who carries the line in surveying, etc.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A line-fisherman.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. one of the players on the line of scrimmage
  • n. the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole
  • n. (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage
  • n. a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
  • Antonym
    back   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    surveyor   
    Variant
    linesman   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Steinman    linemen   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts