TACKLER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A football player who tackles the ball carrier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tackler" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

tackle (seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball)

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