Definition of Rushers

1. Noun. (plural of rusher) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rushers

1. rusher [n] - See also: rusher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rushers

rush hour
rush nut
rush off
rush out
rush rose
rushbuckler
rushbucklers
rushed
rushed behind
rushed behinds
rushedly
rushee
rushees
rushen
rusher
rushers (current term)
rushes
rushest
rusheth
rushier
rushiest
rushiness
rushing
rushingly
rushings
rushlight
rushlights
rushlike
rushy
rusine

Literary usage of Rushers

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

1. Stevens Indicator by Stevens Institute of Technology (1884)
"Superior kicking and good work by the rushers carried the play past Stevens' 25 yard line, where the ground was hotly contested for several minutes. ..."

2. Athletics at Princeton: A History by Frank Presbrey, James Hugh Moffatt (1901)
"The latter made a beautiful run through the Harvard rushers, but was stopped by ... Baker ran through the rushers and half backs, but was downed by Cowling. ..."

3. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"Each party or " team " consists of eleven persons, namely, seven rushers or Forwards, a Quarter Back, two Half Backs, and one Full Back or Goal Tend. ..."

4. Supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica (ninth Edition): A Dictionary of Arts (1891)
"A foot-ball team consists of seven " rushers," known as centre rusher, ... Between the two lines of rushers, five yards directly in front of the centre ..."

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