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1. The football players who line up on the line of scrimmage
   "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"

1. One of the players on the line of scrimmage
    
2. The surveyor who marks positions with a range pole
    
3. [N. Amer] A person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
   - electrician, linesman, sparky [Brit, informal]
    
4. (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage

Type of: football player [N. Amer], footballer [N. Amer], line, position, skilled worker, skilled workman, surveyor, trained worker

Part of: eleven, football team

Encyclopedia: Linemen