rusher

Etymology

rush + -er

noun

  1. A person who rushes.
  2. (American football) The fast defensive position whose objective is to sack the offensive team's quarterback.
  3. (obsolete) One who strews rushes.
    c. 1590, unknown author, attributed to William Shakespeare, Mucedorus I am rusher of the stable

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