winger

noun

wing·​er ˈwiŋ-ər How to pronounce winger (audio)
: a player (as in soccer or ice hockey) in a wing position

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But before Panarin had played his fourth game with his new team, the Kings fired coach Jim Hiller and lost wingers Andrei Kuzmenko, Kevin Fiala and Joel Armia to injuries. Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026 The protesters included secular left-wingers and nationalists as well as Islamists, but Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a fundamentalist cleric at that time exiled in France, emerged as the movement's undisputed figurehead. The Week Uk, TheWeek, 8 Mar. 2026 The heat turned up in the second, with a few post-whistle scrums, then a full-on fight between Wild defenseman Jake Middleton and Knights winger Keegan Kolesar that earned each of them a five-minute timeout. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026 There has been some talk of a contract for the veteran winger, but that’s not in the front of his mind. Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for winger

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of winger was in 1896

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“Winger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winger. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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