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Definition of Basketball player
1. Noun. An athlete who plays basketball.
Generic synonyms: Athlete, Jock
Specialized synonyms: Center, Dribbler, Dunker, Forward, Guard
Derivative terms: Basket, Basket
Definition of Basketball player
1. Noun. A person who plays basketball, especially professionally. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basketball Player
Literary usage of Basketball player
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"He is an excellent basketball player as well as an excellent ballet dancer.
At first, ballet is something Peter does as a young boy simply because he ..."
2. Read & Understand Celebrating Diversity Grades 3-4 by Martha Cheney (2000)
"Tamir believes that it is more important for him to be a good person than to be
a good basketball player. For him this means following the rules of his ..."
3. EXPOSED Turn Up the Heat by Bruce F. Bowman (2006)
"... an all state basketball player, a scholarship basketball player at Georgetown
University, Washington, DC. a Georgetown graduate, and drafted by the ..."
4. The Book of Athletics by Paul Withington, Lothrop Withington (1914)
"The alert basketball player can do exactly the same several times each game.
When his opponents least expect it he can often intercept a pass or snatch the ..."
5. The Italian Contribution to American Democracy by John Horace Mariano (1921)
"According to the statement of C. Dondero, the champion semi-professional basketball
player of New York State, "the chief interest that attaches to the game ..."
6. Changing the Fourth Estate: Essays on South African Journalism by Adrian Hadland (2005)
"I told the woman that I was a basketball player who wanted to send a fax to
Mokoena; she told me that he was not in the office but I could send my fax to a ..."
7. Internet Tax Freedom Act: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, U.S edited by W. J. Tauzin (1999)
"He did not tell us that he was a Division I scholarship basketball player, which
is why he would never, you know, grace us with his presence on the Mr. ..."