footballer

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈfʊtbɔːləɹ/ UK /ˈfʊtbɔːlə/ See IPA manual

Freq #24646

Meanings

1

noun
A person who plays football, especially soccer.

Her dream is to become a professional footballer.
2

noun
A person who plays American football.

The footballer was named the most valuable player of the season.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who plays... football player

2 noun · a person who plays american... football player

Word family

Forms footballers

Etymology

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

*ped- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

People & Society

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