"right back" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: right backs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} right back (plural right backs)
  1. (soccer) a defender who normally plays on the right side of the field Categories (topical): Football (soccer) Related terms: centre back, center back, left back Translations (a defender who plays on the right): defensa dret [masculine] (Catalan), oikea puolustaja (Finnish), högerback [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-right_back-en-noun-OnWURDJi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prepositional phrase

Etymology: Clipping of right back at you Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|right back at you}} Clipping of right back at you Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} right back, {{en-PP}} right back
  1. (slang) Synonym of back at you Tags: slang Synonyms: back at you [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-right_back-en-prep_phrase-3iyHafpg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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