backrower

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noun

A reserve player on a team; a member of the back row or back bench

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Meanings

nounbackrower (plural backrowers)

plural backrowers

  1. ball gamesA reserve player on a team; a member of the back row or back bench

    Test backrower Crocker, 28, had hinted that he would consider retiring if the three-year English deal fell through.

    2009 January 30, AAP, “Crocker's English visa rejected”, in Herald Sun

Origin

From backrow + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

backrower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backrower

MLA

“backrower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backrower. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backrower,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backrower.

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