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key back

key back noun: a key defender.

Noun

key back (plural key backs)

  1. (Australian rules football) A key defender.
    • Where McGovern sits among the greatest defenders to have played the game will be mulled over by sentimental, soppy supporters for days to come. But Champion Data's Daniel Hoyne said last year that McGovern was ranked over Richmond's dour defender Alex Rance as his generation's best key back.2025 June 21, Brendan Foster, “Gov's ability to read the play ranks him among the best defenders of the modern era”, in WAToday, retrieved 27 Jul 2025

Forms of key back

pluralkey backs

Questions about key back

What does key back mean?
Key back means a key defender.
What part of speech is key back?
Key back is a noun.
What is the plural of key back?
The plural of key back is key backs.

Words near key back in the dictionary

  1. key
  2. key alike
  3. key art
  4. key artwork
  5. key artworks
  6. key back
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  8. key bed
  9. key beds
  10. key binding
  11. key bindings

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