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linesman
[ lahynz-muhn ]
noun
plural linesmen.
- Sports.
- an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee.
- Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge.
- Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
linesman
/ ˈɪԳə /
noun
- an official who helps the referee or umpire in various sports, esp by indicating when the ball has gone out of play
- a person who installs, maintains, or repairs telephone or electric-power lines US and Canadian namelineman
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"When the computer makes a decision, you have no one to point the finger at. It's more of a guess. I don't know how the linesman makes a conclusive decision."
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It said the team of three overhead linesmen and two vehicles left the Channel Islands to assist on Saturday.
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He does not have to worry about the linesman giving him stick.
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A former football manager has been handed a suspended prison sentence after a linesman was punched during a match.
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But as the City players celebrated, the linesman raised his flag to indicate offside, with Bernardo Silva stood in front of Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa as the ball went into the net.
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