scorer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English scorer From score + -er.
Meanings
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One who scores.
Alan Shearer finished among the top ten goal scorers in 10 out of his 14 seasons in the Premier League and won the top scorer title three times..
But chances were rare for the lowest scorers in the Premier League against a Newcastle defence which claimed a fourth straight clean sheet.
2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport:
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One who keeps track of scores in a game; a scorekeeper.
The comment may be offered here that the 'heavies' have been the Design Award's principal scorers, both in the overall bronze plaque days and, since, in the Daily/Sunday Class 1.
1973, Allen Hutt, The changing newspaper, page 151:The team was making goals so fast the scorer could barely keep up.
- Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scorers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
official scorer · try-scorer · top scorer · trouble the scorers
Relateds
Translations (10)
es goleador (one who scores) · de Torschütze (one who scores) · fr scoreur (one who scores) · sw mfungaji (one who scores) · es pichichi (one who scores) · sv målgörare (one who scores) · fr buteuse (one who scores) · ca golejador (one who scores) · fr buteur (one who scores) · fi maalintekijä (one who scores)