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back-rower

back-rower noun: a player who plays in the back row of the scrum.

Noun

back-rower (plural back-rowers)

  1. A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
    • With 17 minutes remaining, Townsend opted to freshen up his pack, bringing on props Oli Kebble and WP Nel and back-rower Gary Graham.2021 February 6, Graham Bean, “Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years”, in The Scotsman

Forms of back-rower

pluralback-rowers

Questions about back-rower

What does back-rower mean?
Back-rower means a player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
What part of speech is back-rower?
Back-rower is a noun.
What is the plural of back-rower?
The plural of back-rower is back-rowers.

Words near back-rower in the dictionary

  1. back-rapper
  2. back-rappers
  3. back-reef
  4. back-reference
  5. back-references
  6. back-rower
  7. back-rowers
  8. back-scatter
  9. back-scattered
  10. back-scattering
  11. back-scatters

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