the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole
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a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
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(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage
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Lineman \Line"man\ (l[imac]n"m[a^]n), n.; pl. {Linemen} (l[imac]n"m[e^]n). 1. One who carries the line in surveying, etc.; the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole.
2. A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to install or repair telegraph, telephone, television cable, or power lines. Also called {linesman}.
3. (Football) A player whose position is in the first (forward) line, as opposed to a {back}; one who plays on the line of scrimmage. specifically: a center, guard, or tackle. [PJC]
4. A ladies' man who is especially adept at inventing effective introductory phrases (pick-up lines) to gain a woman's attention. [Colloq.]
5. the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage. [WordNet sense 4] [WordNet 1.5]
linemen \linemen\ n. pl. {lineman}. the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage. WN hypen is odd for this def. [WordNet 1.5]
One lineman's senior year classes consisted of government and the electives of sociology, computer math, photography and food science.
Now, as President-elect Bush's choice to be the nation's first drug czar, it will fall on the shoulders of the burly former college football lineman to find a way to win that war.
CBS gave a hand-held video camera to Denver lineman Keith Bishop to record candid shots of his mates in buses, meals and team meetings this week, and Bishop reports he got some "pretty funny stuff."
The AP Actress Brigitte Nielsen has suffered a miscarriage while filming a movie in Rome, according to a spokesman for her fiance, New York Jets' defensive lineman Mark Gastineau.
Among Redskins, the agency likes rookie running back Ricky Ervins, lineman Charles Mann and "the Posse," composed of receivers Art Monk, Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders.
For Mr. Slim, sturdy as a lineman and rarely without a big cigar, the task is to make service soar the way the stock price has.
Police in Puerto Rico said today that a power authority lineman, William Cancel Armai, 40, was killed Tuesday and that authorities discovered the body of a man on a pleasure boat off the eastern port of Fajardo.
Jaques eventually became a two-way lineman before injuries to teammates earned him an invitation to try out at running back.
Mr. Krueger, a lineman for the 49ers from 1958 to 1973, sued the team in 1980 after it had become apparent that a degenerative, arthritic condition in his left knee would prevent him from leading a normal life.