right-winger
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- noun
- /ˈraɪtˌwɪŋər/
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extremo derecho
- Expect this right winger to come out of the closet sooner or later, just about the time ABC News doesn't meet his salary demands and Fox News does.
Examples
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Us "right wingers" (who are actually the true Centrists) haven't changed our principles; it is the leftists (who are actually radical Socialists) who have moved so far left that there is no longer any common ground.
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The right-winger expertly dribbled past defenders and assisted his teammate for a goal.
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Even if this were a right winger, the way the body was left indicates serious problems in the individual.
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If a big right winger wanted to change his chimney, would members of the board need to recuse themselves?
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McWhorter is a liberal Democrat who voted for Obama, not a "right-winger."
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Bernardo is a player that when you see his time in the French league with Monaco was a proper, proper right winger, always working in that structure.
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Following his return from the metatarsal injury, Sir Alex Ferguson opted to go with the second string right-winger Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
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I think I'd be a better right winger (libertarian or conservative) if I remembered that corporations have interests that align with my own, and they don't have as much coercive power as the state, and stopped worrying so much.
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During the match, the right-winger made several key runs down the flank to create scoring opportunities.
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The coach praised the right-winger's speed and ability to outmaneuver opponents on the field.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Right-winger in sport combines right (the 'right side') and wing (like a bird's wing, meaning a side or flank), so a right-winger is the player who plays and attacks or defends on the right side of the field.