linesman

1. An assistant referee.
2. (dated) A male line judge.
3. An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside.
4. An official whose primary task is to determine whether there has been a line of scrimmage violation.
5. A person employed to work on electrical lines; a lineman.
6. A private in the line.

Etymology

From line + -s- + -man.

Synonyms

lineman

electrician

wirer

assistant referee

line coach

wireman

line judge

Translations

juez de línea

Linienrichter

guardalinee

επόπτης γραμμών

yan hakem

juge de touche

arbitre de touche

segnalinee

jutge de línia

οπλίτης

Streckenwärter

linier

linier

électricien

λάινσμαν