linesman

Noun

 * 1)  An assistant referee.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1) A person employed to work on electrical lines; a lineman.
 * 2)  A private in the line.

Usage notes

 * In soccer, the term has replaced linesman in official contexts and is preferred by gender-neutral prescription, though linesman remains in common use.
 * In tennis, the term linesman is considered dated because not all line judges are male.

Derived terms

 * head linesman

Translations

 * Arabic: حَكَمٌ مُسَاعِد, حَكَمُ رَايَة
 * Bulgarian: страничен съдия
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: linjemann
 * Nynorsk: linemann, linjemann
 * Portuguese:, árbitro assistente
 * Swedish:, , , ass-domare,


 * Bulgarian: съдия на линията
 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Catalan: linier
 * Finnish: johtoasentaja
 * Navajo: béésh łichíiʼii nideiłtʼiʼí
 * Spanish: linier


 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: fear líne