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Linesman

noun

(pl. linesmen)

Official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside).

A person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines. Synonyms: electrician, lineman.

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"Linesman" Quotes from Famous Books

... assemblage as was collected there it would be difficult to find again. There were National Guards of every battalion, Chasseurs Federes in their wonderful uniform,—a sort of cross between Zouave, linesman, and rifleman,—Enfants Perdus in their green coats and feathers (very few of these were to be seen, as they had no claim to quarter, nor did they expect any), Chasseurs a Cheval of the Commune, in their blue jackets and red trousers, leaning idly against the ...

— France in the Nineteenth Century • Elizabeth Latimer

... than the last, and this lent variety to the collection. Her father marked her new-born enthusiasm for the game with approval. It had been secretly a great grief to the old gentleman that his only child did not know the difference between a linesman and an inside right, and, more, did not seem to care to know. He felt himself drawn closer to her. An understanding, as pleasant as it was new and strange, began to spring up between ...

— The Man Upstairs and Other Stories • P. G. Wodehouse

Words linked to "Linesman" : gaffer, skilled workman, trained worker, skilled worker, official