footballer

noun
/ˈfʊtbɔːlə/UK/ˈfʊtbɔːləɹ/US

Etymology

From football + -er. For the kyphosid sense, named for the resemblance of their stripes to football uniforms.

  1. inherited from fotbal
  2. suffixed as footballer — “football + er

Definitions

  1. One who plays association football.

    • It is footballers though, rather than commentators, presenters or pundits, who when interviewed have provided some of the best Colemanballs.
  2. Any fish in the kyphosid subfamily Microcanthinae.

  3. One who plays American football.

    • Footballer Tae Gordon named league MVP

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA