footballer

[ foot-baw-ler ]

noun

1. a football player, especially a member of a college or professional team.
2. Chiefly British. a soccer player.

Word History and Origins

Origin of footballer¹

First recorded in 1875–80; football + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Mr Matthews said he now felt "embarrassed" that he trusted Ms Allen-Wyatt due to her status as a footballer.

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Over a traditional Syrian meat-and-rice dish of maqluba, Ali, a former footballer from Damascus, gets out his phone and shows us social media videos that promote smuggling routes.

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When Nadal emerged as a prodigious teenager, making his ATP Tour debut in 1999 aged 15, he was known simply for being the nephew of Barcelona and Spain footballer Miguel Angel.

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The previous Conservative government signed a pledge with a number of other countries agreeing that Belarusian footballers should be banned from competing in other countries.

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It is the most important thing you play for as a professional footballer.

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