Linesman
[lahynz-muh n]
noun, plural linesmen.
1.
Sports.
2.
(def 1).
/ˈlaɪnzmən/
noun (pl) -men
1.
an official who helps the referee or umpire in various sports, esp by indicating when the ball has gone out of play
2.
(mainly Brit) a person who installs, maintains, or repairs telephone or electric-power lines US and Canadian name lineman
n.
1856, “soldier in a regiment of the line,” from genitive of line (n.) + man (n.). Sports sense, in reference to umpires with specific duties in games with lines (originally tennis, also ice hockey) is from 1890.
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