winger

plural wingers

1. nauticalOne of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.

   We hauled out a winger of grog.

2. hobbiesAn offensive player who plays on either side of the center.

   The center passed to the left winger, who shot and scored.

   1 more example

   "The pattern of the game could have been different if Anthony Pilkington had taken one of two chances either side of United's opener. But the Norwich winger shot wide when clean through and saw another effort hit the post on 75 minutes.

   2011 October 1, Alistair Magowan, “Man Utd 2 - 0 Norwich”, in BBC Sport

plural Wingers

1. A surname.

   The two drivers, Wayne Gerdes and Bob Winger, weren’t new to this: they had, in fact, beaten their own previous record of 77.9 mpg obtained on the same route in 2013.

   2016 July 21, Jacopo Prisco, “How ‘hypermiling’ can save you a lot of fuel (and the planet)”, in CNN