noun · rare

assistant referee

assistant referee · assistant referees

Linienrichter, Schiedsrichterassistent

One of the two officials at an association football match, previously known as…One of the two officials at an association football match, previously known as linesmen, who assist the referee.

» The assistant referee raised his flag for offside.

Meaning

1 senses

(UK)One of the two officials at an association football match, previously known as linesmen, who assist the referee.
Schiedsrichterassistent, Linienrichter

More definitions

official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside)

Examples

2 sentences

The assistant referee raised his flag for offside.
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The assistant referee held up his flag to show the referee that the ball was still in play.
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Translations

3 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

official at a football match:

Forms

plural: assistant referees

Singular	assistant referee
Plural	assistant referees

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Close in meaning

official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside):lines umpire