Definition of right-winger in English:
right-winger
noun ˌrʌɪtˈwɪŋəˌraɪtˈwɪŋər
1A person who supports or belongs to the conservative or reactionary section of a political party or system.
right-wingers gained power in the provincial elections
Example sentencesExamples
- Only the hard right-wingers on council voted against restoring the money.
- I don't understand what everyone's up in a tizzy over in terms of the 'evil' right-wingers.
- A parade of right-wingers in camouflage talk about their weapons the way a priest talks about salvation.
- This guy is clearly, by our standards, something of a right-winger himself.
- He had been a rather strident right-winger in the previous government, unexpectedly losing his seat to Labour in 1997.
- They would be able to boast they have hired at least a token religious right-winger.
- According to various sources, he, unlike his sidekick, is a right-winger.
- We don't have to be concerned about the right-wingers labelling us unpatriotic.
- My initial impulse, surprisingly, was to agree with the right-wingers.
- Representing the right-wingers, the shadow defence secretary is expected to announce his intention to stand this weekend.
2An attacking player on the right side of a team on the field in soccer, rugby, and field hockey.
he switched from right-winger to centre-forward
Example sentencesExamples
- He's been described as one of the finest right-wingers to ever play for the country.
- This tricky Argentine right-winger has been a revelation since joining the club in the summer.
- The right-winger scored from a Greening corner.
- The celebrated right-winger had been off-colour throughout the tournament in spite of pep talks by the management.
- One of the sport's most celebrated figures was a small right-winger with grotesquely shaped legs and an extraordinary style of play.
- To top it all, the England manager decides that you're a natural right-winger.
- With nearly two seasons under his belt, it is perhaps time we gave up on him and pursued a genuine right-winger.
- He was forced out to play wide as an auxiliary right-winger.
- He could become one of the best right-wingers in Europe.
- Right-winger Goudie and full back Bertram scored the goals for Great Britain.
Definition of right-winger in US English:
right-winger
nounˌrītˈwiNGərˌraɪtˈwɪŋər
1A person who supports or belongs to the conservative or reactionary section of a political party or system.
right-wingers gained power in the provincial elections
Example sentencesExamples
- Only the hard right-wingers on council voted against restoring the money.
- According to various sources, he, unlike his sidekick, is a right-winger.
- They would be able to boast they have hired at least a token religious right-winger.
- This guy is clearly, by our standards, something of a right-winger himself.
- Representing the right-wingers, the shadow defence secretary is expected to announce his intention to stand this weekend.
- My initial impulse, surprisingly, was to agree with the right-wingers.
- He had been a rather strident right-winger in the previous government, unexpectedly losing his seat to Labour in 1997.
- I don't understand what everyone's up in a tizzy over in terms of the 'evil' right-wingers.
- A parade of right-wingers in camouflage talk about their weapons the way a priest talks about salvation.
- We don't have to be concerned about the right-wingers labelling us unpatriotic.
2An attacking player on the right side of a team on the field in soccer, rugby, and field hockey.
he switched from right-winger to center-forward
Example sentencesExamples
- To top it all, the England manager decides that you're a natural right-winger.
- This tricky Argentine right-winger has been a revelation since joining the club in the summer.
- One of the sport's most celebrated figures was a small right-winger with grotesquely shaped legs and an extraordinary style of play.
- Right-winger Goudie and full back Bertram scored the goals for Great Britain.
- The celebrated right-winger had been off-colour throughout the tournament in spite of pep talks by the management.
- He could become one of the best right-wingers in Europe.
- With nearly two seasons under his belt, it is perhaps time we gave up on him and pursued a genuine right-winger.
- The right-winger scored from a Greening corner.
- He was forced out to play wide as an auxiliary right-winger.
- He's been described as one of the finest right-wingers to ever play for the country.