1. A male surveyor who marks positions with a range pole
   "The lineman carefully measured and marked the property boundaries"
    
2. [N. Amer] One of the players on the line of scrimmage
   "The offensive lineman protected the quarterback from the rushing defenders"
    
3. (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage
   "He wanted to be a lineman"
    
4. A workman who lays and repairs railway tracks
   "The lineman worked through the night to fix the damaged section of track";
   - platelayer [Brit], tracklayer
    
5. [archaic] A male person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
   "The lineman climbed the pole to restore power after the storm";
   - linesman

Derived forms: linemen

Type of: adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], electrician, football player [N. Amer], footballer [N. Amer], geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], line surveyor, man, manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn], position, sod [informal], sparky [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Lineman