linesman

n.

1. Football. An official who marks the downs and the position of the ball and watches for certain violations from the sidelines.
2. Sports.
   1. An official in various court games whose chief duty is to call shots that fall out of bounds.
   2. An official in soccer and other field games who indicates when the ball has gone out of bounds.
   3. Either of two officials in ice hockey who call icing and offsides, conduct face-offs, and call penalities.
3. See lineman (sense 1).

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: official (in tennis or soccer or football) who assists the referee is some way (especially by watching for off-sides or out of bounds)

Meaning #2: a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
  Synonyms: electrician, lineman

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - linjevogter, linjedommer

Nederlands (Dutch)
grensrechter

Français (French)
n. - (GB) juge de ligne (en tennis), juge de touche (hockey, football), (Télécom) agent des lignes, (Élec) technicien de lignes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Linienrichter, Streckenarbeiter, Leitungsmann

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αθλοπ.) λάινσμαν, επόπτης γραμμών, βοηθός διαιτητή

Italiano (Italian)
guardafili, guardalinee, soldato di prima linea

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bandeirinha (m) (f) (Desp.)

Русский (Russian)
линейный монтер, судья на линии

Español (Spanish)
n. - juez de línea, juez de banda, linier, instalador de líneas telefónicas/eléctricas, guardavías

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - linjedomare, linjeman, linjesoldat, banvakt, (Am.) linjearbetare, kabelläggare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
常备步兵, 边线裁判员, 线路保养工

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 常備步兵, 邊線裁判員, 線路保養工

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 선심, 가선공, 전열 보병

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 線審, ラインズマン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عامل الأسلاك, مساعد الحكم, لاعب هجوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מתקין קווי טלפון, שופט-קו‬

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