"defenceman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: defencemen [plural]
Etymology: From defence + -man. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|defence|-man|text=+|tree=1}} From defence + -man. Head templates: {{en-noun|defencemen}} defenceman (plural defencemen)
  1. In ice hockey and lacrosse, a player position with a primary responsibility to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals; same as defender in many other ballgames. Translations (defender in ice hockey and lacrosse): puolustaja (Finnish), pakki (Finnish), défenseur [masculine] (French), защи́тник (zaščítnik) [masculine] (Russian), back [common-gender] (Swedish)

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