"centreback" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: centrebacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} centreback (plural centrebacks)
  1. (soccer) Alternative spelling of centre-back. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: centre-back

Inflected forms

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