linemen

English Thesaurus

1. the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage (noun.group)

hypernym	:	line,
definition	:	a formation of people or things one beside another (noun.group)

member holonym	:	lineman,
definition	:	(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage (noun.act)

member meronym	:	eleven, football team,
definition	:	a team that plays football (noun.group)