tailback

English Thesaurus

1. (American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage (noun.act)

hypernym	:	back,
definition	:	(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage (noun.act)

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

2. (American football) the person who plays tailback (noun.person)

hypernym	:	back,
definition	:	(football) a person who plays in the backfield (noun.person)

domain category	:	football, football game,
definition	:	any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal (noun.act)