Linebacker
nounid
81593·updated May 18, 2026verified
(American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage
polysemousMWE
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- line backerlinebacker
- alternatephrasing
- Line Backer
- plural
- Linebackers
- possessive
- Linebacker's
- pluralpossessive
- Linebackers'
Framework definitions
- §1
- (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage
- §2
- a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmageDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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Incoming relationships
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