Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assistant referee

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: as-sis-tan-t ref-er-ee
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the two officials at an association football match, previously known as linesmen, who assist the referee.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Maccabi's Yoan Ziv also saw red in the second half for kicking a boot at the assistant referee."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

assistant referees (plural)

Synonyms

lines umpire

Questions

What does assistant referee mean?: One of the two officials at an association football match, previously known as linesmen, who assist the referee.

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