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playmaker

[ pley-mey-ker ]

noun

Sports.
  1. an offensive player, as in basketball or ice hockey, who executes plays designed to put one or more teammates in a position to score.
  2. Archaic. a playwright; dramatist.


playmaker

/ ˈ±è±ô±ðɪˌ³¾±ðɪ°ìÉ™ /

noun

  1. sport a player whose role is to create scoring opportunities for his or her team-mates
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of playmaker1

First recorded in 1520–30; play + maker
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But there is a gaping hole in the team for the type of deep-lying playmaker role he could fill.

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After a significant defensive turnaround in the first year under coach Jim Harbaugh, the Chargers may pivot their offseason focus to bolster an offense that was lacking playmakers around Herbert last season.

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If you ask any young fan who they are looking forward to seeing, invariably it is the Harlequins playmaker.

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In his second game back after injuring his calf, Austin Reaves’ vanished from the game plan, at least as a playmaker.

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“I really want any play that you pull up from any game, you’d be able to see the playmaker that I am,†Schwesinger said.

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