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onballer

noun

Etymology

From on + ball + -er.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻
  2. derived from *bʰélō✻
  3. inherited from *balluz✻
  4. derived from bǫllr
  5. inherited from *beall✻
  6. inherited from bal
  7. formed as onballer — “on + ball + -er”

Definitions

  1. Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball…

    Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.

The neighborhood

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