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front-rower

front-rower noun: a player in the front row.

Noun

front-rower (plural front-rowers)

  1. A player in the front row
    • The Wallaby defence was too easily spilt by Farrell’s snappy midfield miss-pass, allowing a beaming Sinckler to storm untouched through the unguarded heart of the defence. The Harlequins front-rower used to be a fly-half in his youth but this was the stuff of any prop forward’s dreams.2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media

Forms of front-rower

pluralfront-rowers

Questions about front-rower

What does front-rower mean?
Front-rower means a player in the front row.
What part of speech is front-rower?
Front-rower is a noun.
What is the plural of front-rower?
The plural of front-rower is front-rowers.

Words near front-rower in the dictionary

  1. front-pager
  2. front-pagers
  3. front-pages
  4. front-ran
  5. front-room
  6. front-rower
  7. front-rowers
  8. front-run
  9. front-runner
  10. front-runner-itis
  11. front-runneritis

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