line judge

noun

: a football linesman whose duties include keeping track of the official time for the game

Examples of line judge in a Sentence

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His crew is set to include Boris Cheek (side judge), Mike Morton (umpire), Max Causey (line judge), Mark Stewart (line judge), Mearl Robinson (field judge), Jonah Moore (back judge) and Kevin Brown (replay official). Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025 The rest of the crew is down judge Max Causey, line judge Mark Stewart, field judge Mearl Robinson, back judge Jonah Monroe and replay official Kevin Brown. Scott Thompson, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025 Except, the line judge calls it out and the referee immediately overrules it. Todd Boss, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 Russia’s Andrey Rublev had a similar successful appeal after being defaulted from the Doha semifinal against Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik, also for swearing, this time in the direction of a line judge. James Hansen, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for line judge 

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of line judge was in 1970

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“Line judge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20judge. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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