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quarterback definition

☆ quarter·back (kwôrt′ər bak′)

noun

Football an offensive back who calls the play, takes the ball from the center, and then passes, hands off, etc.

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to act as quarterback for (a team)
  2. to direct or lead; manage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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