"winger" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈwɪŋ.ɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-winger.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wingers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ) Etymology: wing + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wing|er}} wing + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} winger (plural wingers)
  1. (nautical) One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-winger-en-noun-XD0T-TKN Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (sports) An offensive player who plays on either side of the center. Categories (topical): Sports Translations (offensive player): առաջ քաշված եզրային կիսապաշտպան (aṙaǰ kʿašvac ezrayin kisapaštpan) (Armenian), extrem (Catalan), volant (Catalan), ala (Catalan), aler (Catalan), křídlo [neuter] (Czech), hráč na křídle (Czech), křídelní útočník (Czech), vleugelspeler [common-gender] (Dutch), laitahyökkääjä (Finnish), ailier [masculine] (French), kantmaður [masculine] (Icelandic), taitapa (Maori), skrzydłowy [masculine] (Polish), ponta [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ponteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), extremo [masculine] (Portuguese), extremo [masculine] (Spanish), ytter [common-gender] (Swedish), kanat (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-winger-en-noun-ygFFq7sA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 41 59 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'offensive player': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: left-winger, reich winger, right-winger

Inflected forms

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      "word": "առաջ քաշված եզրային կիսապաշտպան"
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