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footballist

footballist noun: a football player.

Noun

footballist (plural footballists)

  1. (dated) A football player.
    • But that jolly crowd, composed mostly of athletes and footballists, had little mind for the serious affairs of life, and nothing was done.1903, The Kappa Alpha Journal, volume 21, page 588
    • 9 Lisbon street is headquarters for the footballists for both field and street attire.1905, Board of Trade Journal, volume 18, page 436

Forms of footballist

pluralfootballists

Origin of footballist

From football + -ist.

Questions about footballist

What does footballist mean?
Footballist means a football player.
What part of speech is footballist?
Footballist is a noun.
What is the plural of footballist?
The plural of footballist is footballists.

Words near footballist in the dictionary

  1. footballify
  2. footballifying
  3. footballing
  4. footballisation
  5. footballish
  6. footballist
  7. footballistic
  8. footballists
  9. footballization
  10. footballs
  11. footband

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