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footballists

footballists is the plural of footballist.

Meaning of footballist

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

Questions about footballists

What is footballists the plural of?
Footballists is the plural of footballist.

Words near footballists in the dictionary

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

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