right-half
right-half noun: a player who plays wide on the right side of midfield.
Noun
right-half (plural right-halves)
- A player who plays wide on the right side of midfield
- He had grown up admiring his United predecessor Eddie Colman, a right-half of greater natural gifts, who died in the Munich air disaster of 1958. By that time Stiles had already represented England schoolboys as a right-half, displaying attacking talents that would be somewhat inhibited in his...2020 October 30, Brian Glanville, “Nobby Stiles obituary”, in The Guardian
Forms of right-half
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Questions about right-half
- What does right-half mean?
- Right-half means a player who plays wide on the right side of midfield.
- What part of speech is right-half?
- Right-half is a noun.
- What is the plural of right-half?
- The plural of right-half is right-halves.
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