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centerman

centerman is the alternative form of centreman.

Meaning of centreman

Noun

centreman (plural centremen)

  1. (Australian rules football) The player in the position of centre.
    • Before you have a chance to react, it's ricocheted from winger to centreman to net.2009 January 25, Sarah Barmak Special to the Star, “Worshipping a tiny, perfect, occasionally bloody game”, in Toronto Star

Forms of centerman

pluralcentermen

Origin of centerman

From center + -man.

Questions about centerman

What is centerman the alternative form of?
Centerman is the alternative form of centreman.

Words near centerman in the dictionary

  1. centerless
  2. centerlessness
  3. centerline
  4. centerlines
  5. centerlock
  6. centerman
  7. centermen
  8. centermost
  9. centeroid
  10. centeroids
  11. centerpiece

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centerman (page history and authors); centreman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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