"defensive midfielder" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A midfield player who specialises more in defensive duties."
      ],
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        [
          "soccer",
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        [
          "midfield",
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        ],
        [
          "defensive",
          "defensive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) A midfield player who specialises more in defensive duties."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "attacking midfielder"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "midfield player",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "verdedigende middenvelder"
        },
        {
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "midfield player",
          "word": "qeqqani kinguarsimanerusoq"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shubiteki middofīrudā",
          "sense": "midfield player",
          "word": "守備的ミッドフィールダー"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chūban no soko",
          "sense": "midfield player",
          "word": "中盤の底"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "boranchi",
          "sense": "midfield player",
          "word": "ボランチ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "midfield player",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "defensywny pomocnik"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "midfield player",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "volante"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "midfield player",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mijlocaș defensiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "midfield player",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "defensiv mittfältare"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "defensive midfielder"
}

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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "expansion": "defensive midfielder (plural defensive midfielders)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "attacking midfielder"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "A midfield player who specialises more in defensive duties."
      ],
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        [
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          "midfield",
          "midfield"
        ],
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          "defensive",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) A midfield player who specialises more in defensive duties."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "midfield player",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "verdedigende middenvelder"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "midfield player",
      "word": "qeqqani kinguarsimanerusoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shubiteki middofīrudā",
      "sense": "midfield player",
      "word": "守備的ミッドフィールダー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūban no soko",
      "sense": "midfield player",
      "word": "中盤の底"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "boranchi",
      "sense": "midfield player",
      "word": "ボランチ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "midfield player",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "defensywny pomocnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "midfield player",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "volante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "midfield player",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mijlocaș defensiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "midfield player",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "defensiv mittfältare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "defensive midfielder"
}