"centre-back" meaning in English

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      "form": "centre-backs",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC",
          "text": "Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday.",
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        "A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper"
      ],
      "id": "en-centre-back-en-noun-F05F8TE8",
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          "soccer",
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        [
          "central",
          "central"
        ],
        [
          "defender",
          "defender"
        ],
        [
          "defence",
          "defence"
        ],
        [
          "goalkeeper",
          "goalkeeper"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "full-back"
        },
        {
          "word": "wingback"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "centre back"
        },
        {
          "word": "centreback"
        },
        {
          "word": "center back"
        },
        {
          "word": "center-back"
        },
        {
          "word": "centerback"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "cenṭraluri mcveli",
          "sense": "a central defender",
          "word": "ცენტრალური მცველი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a central defender",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Innenverteidiger"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sénter bak",
          "sense": "a central defender",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "σέντερ μπακ"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kentrikós amyntikós",
          "sense": "a central defender",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "κεντρικός αμυντικός"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a central defender",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "miðvörður"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a central defender",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stoper"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a central defender",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zagueiro central"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a central defender",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "mittback"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "centre-back"
}

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    {
      "form": "centre-backs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "centre-back (plural centre-backs)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "full-back"
    },
    {
      "word": "wingback"
    }
  ],
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          "text": "Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday.",
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        ],
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        ],
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        "(soccer) A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper"
      ],
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        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "centre back"
    },
    {
      "word": "centreback"
    },
    {
      "word": "center back"
    },
    {
      "word": "center-back"
    },
    {
      "word": "centerback"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cenṭraluri mcveli",
      "sense": "a central defender",
      "word": "ცენტრალური მცველი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a central defender",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Innenverteidiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sénter bak",
      "sense": "a central defender",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σέντερ μπακ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kentrikós amyntikós",
      "sense": "a central defender",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κεντρικός αμυντικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a central defender",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miðvörður"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a central defender",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stoper"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a central defender",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zagueiro central"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a central defender",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mittback"
    }
  ],
  "word": "centre-back"
}