rusher

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  1. One who strews rushes on the floors at dances. Their pipers, fiddlers, rushers, puppet-masters, Jugglers, and gipsies. B. Jonson, New Inn, v. 1.
  2. One who rushes; one who acts with undue haste and violence.
  3. Specifically, in foot-ball, a player whose special function it is to force the ball toward his opponents' goal, prevent it from being kicked or brought toward his own, and protect the backs while they kick or run with the ball. When eleven players are on each side, the rushers are known, according to their positions in the rush-line, as right end, right tackle, right guard, center rusher, left guard, left tackle, left end. See foot-ball. Also called forward.
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  • Brian Westbrook would enter the conversation if he'd finished strong, but he's been a non-factor as a rusher (49 yards per game) since he smoked the Giants for 131 and two scores in Week 14. —  SI.com
  • Even after the injury, he's still a solid speed rusher, which is the biggest need of the defensive line. —  NewsOK.com Blogs
  • Sometimes a rusher is going to come around your blind side and knock a ball out as you try to throw it. —  SB Nation Featured Posts
  • He is a rusher, and it is this quality and his tremendous hitting powers that make him a great pugilist. —  Main Features
  • He's a very capable pass-rusher, and this looks like his time to shine. —  Blog updates
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