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backfielder

noun

Etymology

From backfield + -er.

  1. derived from *pleh₂-✻ — “field, plain”
  2. inherited from *felþuz✻ — “field”
  3. inherited from *felþu✻
  4. inherited from feld
  5. inherited from feeld
  6. compounded as backfield — “back + field”
  7. suffixed as backfielder — “backfield + er”

Definitions

  1. A player stationed in the backfield.

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