left wingern.
/ˌlɛft ˈwɪŋə/, U.S. /ˌlɛf(t) ˈwɪŋər/ 1. Sport. A person who plays in a left wing position. Cf. left wing n. 3.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions
wing-back1734
goalkeeper1789
outfielder1855
quarter1857
centre fielder1865
outfield1867
quarterback1867
right1867
centre1868
left wing1871
left-back1873
left half-back1873
centre forward1874
left-centre1877
right-centre1877
centre back1878
centre half-back1879
forward1879
back1880
right wing1880
right half-back1881
goaltender1882
right-winger1882
wing1882
centre half1884
left winger1884
inside1886
half1887
custodian1888
left half1888
midfielder1888
left wing1889
right half1889
centreman1890
midfield1890
outside right1890
outfieldsman1891
goalie1894
winger1896
infield1897
inside forward1897
inside right1897
outside forward1897
outside1898
outside left1900
rearguard1904
pivot1911
wing-man1942
keeper1957
link1958
linkman1963
midfield1976
1884 Birmingham Daily Post 14 Apr. 3/4 As the Wednesbury left-winger was undoubtedly offside at the time of heading, the point was promptly disallowed.
1896 Bootle Times 18 Jan. 3/2 Dow making pretty headway and then passing to the left winger.
1923 Manch. Guardian 20 Mar. 5/1 Bastin, an exceedingly fast left-winger.., caused the most danger.
1967 J. Potter Foul Play (1968) viii. 90 Good left wingers are in short supply.
2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Oct. s4/1 Warden first came to Thunder Bay as a bruising left winger.
2. Also with capital initial. A member of the left wing of a group or party; a person who holds views or supports policies which are reformist, progressive, or in favour of greater social or economic equality.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the left > adherent(s) of
Red Guard1849
red1851
leftist1890
left winger1894
lefty1920
Red Fed1970
1894 Rev. Churches 6 364/2 I want frankly to say, as a left-winger in the ecclesiastical world.., it was a most generous, gracious and broad-minded proposal.
1920 E. D. Martin Behavior of Crowds v. 103 This convention was addressed by prominent Left Wingers from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Paterson.
1955 Times 2 May 8/5 Mr. Zilliacus is a left winger who has often been a thorn in the side of the party leadership.
1983 Sunday Tel. 2 Oct. 1/2 Mr Kinnock, a leading left-winger, and Mr Hattersley, an outspoken figure on Labour's Centre-Right, have been described as the dream ticket.
2006 Vanity Fair Oct. 172/1 Ned Lamont..isn't a left winger but a wealthy businessman.
Derivatives
left-ˈwingery n. colloquial (somewhat depreciative) views, opinions, principles, or behaviour characteristic of those who are politically left wing; cf. left wing adj.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the left > attitudes of
leftism1880
redness1923
leftishness1935
leftwardness1938
left-wingery1939
1939 Jrnl. Amer. Mil. Inst. 3 243 The tendency of Bolshevism and other left wingery to employ military methods.
1972 Listener 2 Nov. 615/3 A period atmosphere of Thirties left-wingery.
2006 Times 29 Sept. 25/3 The Democrats seemed to have escaped their capture by outdated tax-and-spend left-wingery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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