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Definition of Rusher
1. Noun. (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball.
Generic synonyms: Ball Carrier, Runner
Derivative terms: Rush
2. Noun. Someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory.
3. Noun. A person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously.
Definition of Rusher
1. n. One who rushes.
2. n. One who strewed rushes on the floor at dances.
Definition of Rusher
1. Noun. A person who rushes. ¹
2. Noun. (American football) The fast defensive position whose objective is to sack the offensive team's quarterback. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) One who strews rushes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rusher
1. one that rushes [n -S] - See also: rushes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rusher
Literary usage of Rusher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1886)
"rusher, 4 Bosw. 537, that a partner who claimed that there was a balance due him
from his copartner, and that the latter had fraudulently procured from him ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of the City of by New York (City) Superior Court, Joseph S. Bosworth, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott (1861)
"rusher rt al. 4. Although portions of such property may have come to the possession
of different persons, all such persons who are not purchasers of it for ..."
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