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Steelers

Steelers

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A professional American football team from Pittsburgh that plays in the NFL
  • proper noun
  • /ˈstiːlərz/
: Steelers
  • I'd cry when the Steelers lose and also when they win.
  • Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Steelers vs. Browns

And he goes, and if the Steelers win, I'll get a tattoo.

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Examples

  • I grew up in upstate New York, and the first football game I ever saw was the Steelers in the Super Bowl.

  • Now, if the Steelers win, are they in?

  • However, if you tie, both of them go and the Steelers were going to get left out.

  • And he goes, and if the Steelers win, I'll get a tattoo.

  • And as you can tell, I'm wearing a Steelers jersey with my name on it.

  • OK, The Jets just made football history when they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers for the first time ever.

  • And I'll tell you what, I used to love the Steelers and Terry Bradshaw and Lynn Swann and I love that group.

  • I watched the Steelers win the championship game on Sunday.

  • My friend wore a Steelers jersey to the football party.

  • The Steelers are one of the most successful teams in NFL history.

Surface Forms

Steelers main

Morphology

Steelers = steeler (transparent) = steel + er + s

The team name is a regular plural of 'steeler' (steel + -er), so the relation is directly inferable from 'steel'.

Etymology

Steelers comes from steel 'metal' and the ending -er, meaning a person, so it originally meant 'steel workers' in Pittsburgh. That's why the team name honors the city's steel history and shows a 'tough' team spirit.