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attacker

Pronunciation: /əˈtækɚ/

The English word “attacker” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Someone who attacks.
  2. One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

Etymology

From attack + -er.

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