"eighth man" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eighth men",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eighth men"
      },
      "expansion": "eighth man (plural eighth men)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "eighthman"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Michael Williams, The Eighth Man, page 103",
          "text": "Well, it must be hard on Trompie to lose both his top eighth men in one week.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Matthew Knight, Between the Lines - The Spirit of South African Rugby, page iii",
          "text": "Mark didn't miss a beat. 'Sure, coach,' he said. 'Eighth man is my best position.' Kitch whipped around to Morné. 'I told you he could play eighth man,' he said.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Pierre Spies, Myan Subrayan, More than Rugby",
          "text": "Even in my favoured eighth man position, I played poorly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of eighthman"
      ],
      "id": "en-eighth_man-en-noun-vEKbZhU9",
      "links": [
        [
          "eighthman",
          "eighthman#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eighth, man."
      ],
      "id": "en-eighth_man-en-noun-4CaeCDwG",
      "links": [
        [
          "eighth",
          "eighth#English"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eighth man"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eighth men",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eighth men"
      },
      "expansion": "eighth man (plural eighth men)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "eighthman"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Michael Williams, The Eighth Man, page 103",
          "text": "Well, it must be hard on Trompie to lose both his top eighth men in one week.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Matthew Knight, Between the Lines - The Spirit of South African Rugby, page iii",
          "text": "Mark didn't miss a beat. 'Sure, coach,' he said. 'Eighth man is my best position.' Kitch whipped around to Morné. 'I told you he could play eighth man,' he said.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Pierre Spies, Myan Subrayan, More than Rugby",
          "text": "Even in my favoured eighth man position, I played poorly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of eighthman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eighthman",
          "eighthman#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eighth, man."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eighth",
          "eighth#English"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eighth man"
}