Footballist

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A football player. dated

    "But that jolly crowd, composed mostly of athletes and footballists, had little mind for the serious affairs of life, and nothing was done."

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"But that jolly crowd, composed mostly of athletes and footballists, had little mind for the serious affairs of life, and nothing was done."

Etymology

From football + -ist.

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