"half-back" meaning in All languages combined

See half-back on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: half-backs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} half-back (plural half-backs)
  1. (rugby) the scrum-half and the fly-half Categories (topical): Rugby Translations (player in rugby): spojka (Czech), topatahi (Maori)

Inflected forms

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