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non-league

non-league adjective: playing in a division below The Football League, being amateur or semi-professional teams.

Adjective

non-league (not comparable)

  1. (UK) Playing in a division below The Football League, being amateur or semi-professional teams.
    • Crawley missed two penalties but still edged out League Two Torquay to become the first non-league side to reach the FA Cup fifth round for 17 years.2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town”, in BBC

Origin of non-league

From non- + league.

Words formed from non-league

Questions about non-league

What does non-league mean?
Non-league means playing in a division below The Football League, being amateur or semi-professional teams.
What part of speech is non-league?
Non-league is an adjective.

Words near non-league in the dictionary

  1. non-labial
  2. non-labials
  3. non-lawyer
  4. non-lawyers
  5. non-leafy
  6. non-league
  7. non-leaguer
  8. non-leaguers
  9. non-leap year
  10. non-leap years
  11. non-legalism

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