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LINESMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does linesman mean?
• LINESMAN (noun)
The noun LINESMAN has 2 senses:
1. official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside)
2. a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
Familiarity information: LINESMAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("linesman" is a kind of...):
official (someone who administers the rules of a game or sport)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
electrician; lineman; linesman
Hypernyms ("linesman" 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 "linesman"):
gaffer (an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set)
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