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Second-stringer

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who plays second string. A person who is kept on a sports team as a backup in case a "first-string" player is unavailable.
  2. 2
    an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who is not good enough to be considered proficient but may be useful as a backup.

Etymology

From second string + -er.

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