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XI en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From translingual XI (“eleven”, Roman numeral).

Meanings

1. A football (soccer) team of eleven players.
   • Rewind to the first day of the inaugural Premier League season in August 1992 and 177 players – or 73.1% – featuring in first XIs held English nationality. […] Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen. 2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, “English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing”, in The Guardian:
2. A cricket team of eleven players.

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