Lexic.us

Definition of Linebacker

1. Noun. A defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen.

2. Noun. (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage.

Definition of Linebacker

1. Noun. (American football) The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Linebacker

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Linebacker

linearizations linearize linearized linearizes linearizing linearly linearly dependent linearly independent lineary lineate

lineated lineation lineations lineature lineatures linebacker (current term) linebacker blitzing linebackers linebacking linebackings

linebreak linebreaks linebred linebreeding linebreedings linecaster linecasters linecasting linecastings linecut

Literary usage of Linebacker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Setup: What the Air Force Did in Vietnam and Why by Earl H. Tilford, Jr. (1991)
"On 23 October, President Nixon ordered a bombing halt above 20 degrees north latitude and linebacker ended. On 26 October Henry Kissinger told reporters, ..."

2. By Sea, Air, and Land: An Illustrated History of the U. S. Navy and the War by Edward J. Marolda (1996)
"... linebacker The nature of the campaign changed in May when President Nixon ordered the virtual isolation of North Vietnam from external Communist support ..."

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