"football player" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: football players [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} football player (plural football players)
  1. (Canada, US) One who plays gridiron football. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Athletes, People
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  2. (soccer, UK) One who plays association football, aka soccer. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Athletes, People Synonyms (one who plays soccer): footballer, soccer player [Canada, US]
    Sense id: en-football_player-en-noun-TdPNEYbK Disambiguation of Athletes: 16 28 27 27 1 Disambiguation of People: 24 29 25 22 0 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 24 27 25 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 27 30 29 1 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 25 31 24 1 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'one who plays soccer': 21 32 25 21 1
  3. (American football, US) One who plays American football. Tags: US Categories (topical): Football (American), Athletes, People
    Sense id: en-football_player-en-noun-aUlsyZqS Disambiguation of Athletes: 16 28 27 27 1 Disambiguation of People: 24 29 25 22 0 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 24 27 25 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 27 30 29 1 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 25 31 24 1 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (Canadian football, Canada) One who plays Canadian football. Tags: Canada, Canadian Categories (topical): Canadian football, Athletes, People
    Sense id: en-football_player-en-noun-0Fkewzo0 Disambiguation of Athletes: 16 28 27 27 1 Disambiguation of People: 24 29 25 22 0 Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 24 27 25 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 27 30 29 1 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 25 31 24 1 Topics: ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. A large intimidating male.
    Sense id: en-football_player-en-noun-K4879GIA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: football-player [rare]

Inflected forms

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