ball-winner

noun

ball-win·​ner

plural ball-winners

British

: a player in a sport such as soccer who gains possession of the ball from an opposing player

Busquets has similar passing ability to Xavi, Iniesta and Fabregas and is a tenacious ball-winner.

—Reuters UK, 9 July 2010

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

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