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What is a linesman?

What is a linesman? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (soccer) An assistant referee.
  2. (tennis, dated) A male line judge.
  3. (ice hockey) An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside.
  4. (American football) An official whose primary task is to determine whether there has been a line of scrimmage violation.
  5. A person employed to work on electrical lines; a lineman.
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He was offside, says the linesman, and for once in this tournament, the replay agrees.
The fourth official saw nothing, the linesman saw nothing, but the referee saw something.
After consulting with the linesman, the referee gives the goal despite animated protests from the furious German team.
Drury went down under Muirhead's tackle from behind and after some frantic flag-waving from the linesman, the referee gave the penalty.
I can understand how the referee didn't spot it, but the linesman must just have been asleep.
He looks in an off-side position but the linesman disagrees, and so he can ping another cross in.

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