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Definition of Goalkeeper

1. Noun. The soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal.

2. Noun. The defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring.

Definition of Goalkeeper

1. Noun. (sports) a designated player that protects a goal by attempting to prevent the opposing team from scoring. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Goalkeeper

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goalkeeper

goal umpires goalball goalballer goalbound goalbox goalboxes goaled goaler goalers goalhanger

goalhangers goalie goalies goaling goalkeeper (current term) goalkeepers goalkeeping goalkicker goalkickers goalless

goallessly goallessness goalline goalmouth goalmouths goalpost goalposts goals goalscorer

Literary usage of Goalkeeper

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

1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"of getting rid of the ball than a catch and throw, so, when the ball has to be cleared very rapidly for fear of the goalkeeper being rushed through the goal ..."

2. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1902)
"With regard to the goalkeeper there is not much to be said ; he is an ... The constant practice in which the professional goalkeeper can indulge must ..."

3. Swimming and Watermanship by Louis de B. Handley (1922)
"After the free throw, whether successful or not, the ball shall be given to the goalkeeper of the team fouled against, the free thrower having first taken a ..."

4. St. Mary's Hospital Gazette by St. Mary's Hospital (London, England) (1904)
"Just before the interval Archer found the net again with a fine low shot, which the goalkeeper had no chance of stopping. After half-time the Mary's men ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"If it passes over the goal-line at any time without touching one of the defending side, it has to be kicked out by the goalkeeper or one of the backs from a ..."

6. Building Spelling Skills: Grade 5 by Jo Ellen Moore (2002)
"... These words should be circled and written correctly: first aid goalkeeper all right birthday bodyguard flashlight Everybody outside Page 57 1. daughter, ..."

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