Usually means: Defensive player, supports back line.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. fullback: Merriam-Webster
  2. fullback, fullback: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fullback: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fullback: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fullback: Vocabulary.com
  6. Fullback, fullback: Wordnik
  7. fullback: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. fullback: Wiktionary
  9. fullback: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. fullback: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. fullback: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. fullback: Dictionary.com
  13. Fullback (American football), Fullback (Australian rules football), Fullback (association football), Fullback (gridiron football), Fullback (rugby league), Fullback (rugby union), Fullback: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. fullback: Rhymezone
  15. fullback: FreeDictionary.org
  16. fullback: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. fullback: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. fullback: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. fullback: Encyclopedia

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  1. fullback: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Fullback: Sports Definitions

(Note: See fullbacking as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (American football) An offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays.
noun:  (rugby) A position behind the main line of backs in both rugby union and rugby league. In rugby union, they wear number 15 jersey at the start of play and are the last line of defence responsible for catching punts.
noun:  (field hockey) A defensive player who assists the goalie in preventing the opposing team from scoring.
noun:  (soccer) A player who plays on the left or right side of defence.

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