playmaker

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noun

A playwright.

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Meanings

nounplaymaker (plural playmakers)

plural playmakers

  1. datedA playwright.
  2. hobbiesA sportsman who leads attacks for his team and creates chances to score.

    It’s one of Foden’s curiosities that, 74 games into his City career, we still don’t really know what his best position will be. He is played as a wing-back and a deep-lying playmaker for England age-group sides.

    2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian

Origin

From play + maker.

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APA

playmaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playmaker

MLA

“playmaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playmaker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “playmaker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playmaker.

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