Scorer

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who scores.

    "Alan Shearer finished among the top ten goal scorers in 10 out of his 14 seasons in the Premier League and won the top scorer title three times.."

  2. 2
    an official who records the score during the progress of a game wordnet
  3. 3
    One who keeps track of scores in a game; a scorekeeper.

    "The team was making goals so fast the scorer could barely keep up."

  4. 4
    a logger who marks trees to be felled wordnet
  5. 5
    Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls
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  1. 6
    a player who makes a score in a game or contest wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Middle English.

Synonyms

All synonyms
scorekeeperaccountantamanuensisarchivistarrangerballad maker

Example

More examples

"Ronaldo is a prolific goal scorer and it’s almost guaranteed that he will score a goal in every match."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From score + -er.

Etymology 2

From Middle English.

Related phrases

official scorertop scorertrouble the scorerstry-scorertrouble scorers

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