backrower
A reserve player on a team; a member of the back row or back bench
Noun
- A reserve player on a team; a member of the back row or back bench
- Test backrower Crocker, 28, had hinted that he would consider retiring if the three-year English deal fell through. - 2009 January 30, AAP, “Crocker's English visa rejected”, in Herald Sun:
Origin
Etymology tree English backrow Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English backrower From backrow + -er.