Meaning

2 senses
  1. One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.

    We hauled out a winger of grog.

  2. An offensive player who plays on either side of the center.

    The center passed to the left winger, who shot and scored.

    Außenstürmer, Außenstürmerin, Flügelstürmer

More definitions
  • (sports) player in wing position

Examples

15 sentences
  1. My mom is a left-winger.

  2. Right-wingers don't buy electric cars.

  3. Right-wingers invent the wildest persecution fantasies.

  4. To a right-winger, right-wing opinions are neutral.

  5. Drag is a much broader thing than right-wingers want to pretend.

Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
offensive player:

Origin

From wing + -er.

From wing + -er.

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Forms

plural: wingers
Singularwinger
Pluralwingers

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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