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midfielders

midfielders is the plural of midfielder.

Meaning of midfielder

Noun

midfielder (plural midfielders)

  1. A player who operates behind the attackers and in front of the defence.
    • The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder...2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport

Phrases with midfielders

Questions about midfielders

What is midfielders the plural of?
Midfielders is the plural of midfielder.

Words near midfielders in the dictionary

  1. midfictions
  2. midfield
  3. midfield anchor
  4. midfield anchors
  5. midfielder
  6. midfielders
  7. midfielding
  8. midfields
  9. midflame
  10. midflank
  11. midflight

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Adapted from Wiktionary: midfielders (page history and authors); midfielder (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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