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: an official who assists a referee (as in football, tennis, or hockey) especially in determining if a ball, puck, or player is out-of-bounds or offside
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However, a player from each team had faced off, the linesman dropped the puck, it then got deflected by Abbotsford and skittered back into the goal.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2025
Ehlers returned to the Jets lineup two games later only to back over linesman James Tobias in Chicago, aggravating his previous injury.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 2 May 2025
There was an unplanned timeout early in the second period when linesman Bryan Panich had to be helped from the ice after an inadvertent collision with a Golden Knights player near the blue line.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 21 Apr. 2025
Shaun Hudson, the other linesman, had different ideas.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2025
Ehlers returned to the Jets lineup two games later only to back over linesman James Tobias in Chicago, aggravating his previous injury.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 2 May 2025
There was an unplanned timeout early in the second period when linesman Bryan Panich had to be helped from the ice after an inadvertent collision with a Golden Knights player near the blue line.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 21 Apr. 2025
Shaun Hudson, the other linesman, had different ideas.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Linesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linesman. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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linesman
noun
lines·man
ˈlīnz-mən 
: an official who assists a referee in a game (as football or hockey)
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