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Goaltender

Definition: Goaltender

Goaltender

Noun

1. The soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal.

2. The defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Goaltender

Synonyms: goalie (n), goalkeeper (n), netkeeper (n). (additional references)

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Goaltender

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

goaltender

11

goaltender equipment

6

goaltender school

4

goaltender transamerica

4

goaltender mask

4

goaltender nhl save

2

gear goaltender

2

goaltender leg pad

2

blockers goaltender

2

catcher goaltender

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Goaltender

Language Translations for "goaltender"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

守门员 (goalkeeper). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oaltendergay.(various references)

   

Thai

  

ผู้รักษาประตู (กีฬา) (keeper). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Goaltender

Derivations

Words beginning with "goaltender": goaltenders. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Goaltender

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-g-l-n-o-r-t"

-1 letter: delegator, elongated.

-2 letters: antlered, derogate, dragonet, elongate, enlarged, goldener, oleander, redolent, regental, reloaned, renegado, rondelet.

-3 letters: aerogel, alerted, altered, angeled, angered, dangler, delator, derange, dragnet, elegant, enlarge, enraged, enteral, erelong, erodent, eternal, garoted, gelated, general, gentled, gentler, gleaned, gleaner, gloated, gloater, gnarled, goateed, goldarn, grandee, granted, grantee, greaten, grenade, groaned, ladrone, lagered, latened.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-g-l-n-o-r-t"
 

+1 letter: goaltenders.

 

+2 letters: deregulation, nonregulated, outgeneraled.

 

+3 letters: conglomerated, deregulations.

 

+5 letters: laryngectomized.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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