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BALL CARRIER

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• BALL CARRIER (noun)
The noun BALL CARRIER has 1 sense:

1. (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

Familiarity information: BALL CARRIER used as a noun is very rare.

• BALL CARRIER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ball carrier" is a kind of...):

football player; footballer (an athlete who plays American football)

Domain category:

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ball carrier"):

forward passer; passer ((football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass)

rusher ((football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball)

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